Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.457
- Date:
- 1890-1910
- Description:
- Dress, child's. Long, fine-white cotton organdy. Embroidery above hemstitching at bottom. Long sleeves. Two-tiered, ruffled collar and shoulder. Gathered neck into very fine hamburg band and edging. Same at bottom of sleeves. Two rows of wider hamburg edging around yoke and over sleeves.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-26.5 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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