Blouse
- Object Name:
- Blouse
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.763
- Date:
- circa 1906
- Description:
- Child's blouse. Light brown linen. Stand-up collar. Multicolored hand embroidery on collar, wrists, and front opening. Sleeves full at shoulders and gathered into cuffs. Smocked on either side of front under embroidery. Thee vertical tucks down back. Narrow tape tie at waistline.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - 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
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