Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.475
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Dress, child's. Red dotted muslin Swiss dress, plain bodice lined with white cotton. Buttoned down back. Sleeves gathered in with rolled edge or welting around armholes. Undersleeves of white cotton with fine lace edge. Skirt gathered full onto waistband. Handsewn. Starched.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-29.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951), and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
- Subjects:
- Children's clothing and dress, Clothing and dress
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