Purple dress with white embroidery and matching shawl
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A purple dress with white huck embroidery (a) and a matching shawl (b). The bodice is cross grain with a blue warp and a pink weft and is gathered along the waist and the neck. There is a round neckline bound in bias cut self-fabric. The elbow-length sleeves are one panel of straight grain fabric sewn to itself at the under arm. They are slightly gathered at the top, near the arm’s eye. The front of the skirt is one panel, and it’s pleated at the proper right and proper left hip. There are three rows of white cotton thread huck embroidery of deer and flora on the front of the skirt. A single row of embroidery also appears on each sleeve and two rows appear on the back of the skirt. The back bodice is composed of two panels separated with 22.25” metal zipper pull with plastic teeth. The zipper is set into cotton twill tape that reads [AVOID HOT IRON / IRON LIKE NYLON] in purple text. There are two 4.25” shaping darts above the back waistline and the back of the skirt is composed of two panels with knife pleats at the waist. The hem is self-face with a 5” panel of fabric, which has been folded once and machine stitched into place. All the dress seams are left raw, and the inside of the dress is unlined.
label: Description
content: The shawl (b) is made from one panel of matching plain weave fabric. All the edges have been finished with machine stitching and the ends are made from the raw blue warp. Either end of the scarf has four repeat rows of white cotton huck embroidery featuring reindeer and flora.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.696ab
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
label: Type
content: shawls
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton, metal, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: a: dress
label: Dimensions
content: Length (a: collar to hem): 45 1/4 in. (114.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (a: shoulder to shoulder): 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Chest: 38 in. (96.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (a: full): 30 in. (76.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: b: shawl
label: Dimensions
content: Length (b: end to end): 78 in. (198.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width: 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)