Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.486
- Date:
- circa 1910
- Description:
- Dress, girl's. Fine white cotton with hemstitched and lace yoke in front. Edged with lace around yoke, neck, down front, and back of waist. V-shaped lace inset on bodice. Tucking on sleeves, bodice, and skirt. Lace at neck an sleeve hems. Edged with lace inset on sleeves, (half-length sleeves). 12-button back (one button missing). Skirt gathered onto band. Two rows of tucks and handmade lace at top of hem. Imitation Mechlin lace.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-32.5 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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