Cream dress with rhinestones and metallic embroidery
date: label: Date
content: ca.1940
name: label: Created by
content: Best & Co., American, 1879 - 1970
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A cream ankle length dress with rhinestones and metallic embroidery. The dress has a sweetheart neckline and cap sleeves. Remnants of gold colored woven monofilament are stitched along the edge of the neckline. The sleeves are slightly gathered at the shoulders. The sleeves are sewn with machine stitches and the hem is folded inwards and secured with hand stitches. The dress has an empire waistline which ends under the bustline and two dart tucks ending at a point along the waistline. There is a metal lapped zipper on the proper left side that starts at the base of the sleeve, it extends down the side of the dress and is thirteen and a half inches long. A metal hook and eye is placed along the zipper at the bust line. The top of the dress is adorned with tarnished gold chain stitch embroidery in swirling organic motifs. Rhinestones secured with metal prong settings are placed along the embroidery. A row of rhinestones is placed at the edge of sleeves, neckline, and waistline. Corded thread belt loops are tacked one inch below the waistline. The back of the dress has a scoop neckline, extending lower than the front. The dress has a center back seam and is finished with a rolled hem. The interior seams have pinked pressed down edges. A fabric label is sewn along the proper left side seam towards the bottom of the dress that reads "Best & Co. FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK" in blue text.
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 collected
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2007.3.611
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: synthetic crepe, metal thread, rhinestones, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 57 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (146.1 × 47 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm)