Tan pleated skirt with printed kasbah scene
date: label: Date
content: 1955
name: label: Created by
content: Millworth Converting, American, founded 1948
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A tan pleated skirt with a printed kasbah scene. The skirt is made of tan cotton, it has a self-fabric waistband with four self-fabric belt loops. A plastic button is sewn on the waistband at the proper left side with a seven-inch metal zipper sewn below. Knife pleats are sewn at the top of the skirt around the front and back. The skirt flares out and ends below the knee at mid-calf length. The front and back of the skirt are printed with a kasbah scene in brown, orange, yellow, white, and black. The scene depicts smaller scale images at the top and larger scale buildings along the bottom half. It also includes drawings of market scenes with people, camels, and wares. The skirt is unlined, and machine sewn, the skirt has one side seam on the proper left side that has pinked seams. The hem has a single fold and is finished with the selvage and secured with hand whip stitches. Text is printed on the fabric’s selvage at the hem which reads [“CASBAH” © MILLWORTH CONVERTING CO.].
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.
place: label: Place depicted
content: North Africa
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: 2007.3.286
objectType: label: Type
content: skirts
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, plastic, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length (waist to hem): 29 3/4 in. (75.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 15 in. (38.1 cm)