Green, blue, and pink floral day dress with shoulder pads
date: label: Date
content: ca.1950
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A green, blue, and pink floral day dress with shoulder pads. The A-line silhouette dress (a) has a pointed collar with a V neckline. It opens in the center front with eight self-fabric buttonhole loops, all of the buttons are missing. The cap sleeves are made of the same panel of fabric as the bodice and are pleated at the ends. Two darts about two inches long are sewn to the proper right side of the center front opening along the waistline. One five and a quarter inch dart is sewn to the proper left side of the center front opening. A metal hook and thread eye are sewn to the waistline seam. The center front opening ends three and a half inches below the waist seam which continues into a center front seam ending at the hem. A white thread belt loop is sewn to each side of the dress along the waist seam. The top and bottom portions of the dress are machine sewn to each other at the waist seam. The bottom of the dress has machine sewn pleats set along the waist seam. One dart is sewn to each side of the center back of the dress above the waist seam. A white synthetic ribbon is sewn to the inside of the waist seam. The hem of the dress is folded inwards, and machine stitched with a raw edge. The fabric’s selvage is seen on the center back seam at the interior. The dress is unlined and unlabeled, it is likely handmade. The triangle shaped shoulder pads (b and c) are made of the same fabric as the dress. They are sewn with machine overlock stitching and filled with padding, likely lambswool.
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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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: 2007.3.680abc
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
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, synthetic ribbon, metal and padding
label: Dimensions
content: a. dress
label: Dimensions
content: Length (a: shoulder to hem): 46 1/2 in (118.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (a: shoulder to shoulder): 15 1/2 in (39.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (a: flat): 12 in (30.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: b. shoulder pad
label: Dimensions
content: Length (b): 3 3/4 in (9.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (b): 5 3/4 ( 14.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: c. shoulder pad
label: Dimensions
content: Length (c): 3 3/4 in (9.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (c): 6 1/4 (15.9 cm)