Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.450
- Date:
- 1900-1910
- Description:
- Dress, child's or infant's. Long, fine white cotton. Gathered into yoke, with lace around neck and over shoulders. 3/4-length sleeves with wide, net lace band at bottom of sleeves with band of eyelet lace. Lace insert above hem and lace at bottom skirt. Hem edge. Handsewn.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - 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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