Dress
- Object Name:
- Dress
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.385
- Date:
- 1855-1860
- Description:
- Dress. Green and white plaid silk taffeta. Fitted bodice with collar to waist. Trimmed with silk fringed green and white braid. Double bell-shaped sleeves, gathered at top into two puffs, silk braid trimming. Lace sleevelets. Cotton muslin lining in bodice. Full skirt shirred onto bodice. Glazed cotton lining in entire skirt.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
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
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