Gray dress with draped shawl collar
date: label: Date
content: 1940s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A gray synthetic silk dress with a draped shawl collar. Four panels of fabric make up the front of the dress. The proper left panel has gray macramé tassels sewn to the bottom. Three layered fabric panels make up the right of side of the dress. All three panels have been gathered and sewn to the left panel, creating a ruched effect. The neckline features a diagonal-cut shawl collar layered on top of the center panel of fabric. The center panel extends from the bust to the knee area and has a right diagonal cut on the bottom. The bottom layer of fabric forms the front of skirt is rolled and handstitched into place. There are four darts at the top of the sleeve, creating a puffy shoulder. The sleeves are one panel piece seamed together at the inner arm and feature fifteen metal buttons covered with synthetic crepe fabric and fifteen synthetic creep loop closures. The front shawl collar drapes over the back and extends into a scarf-like addition. It ends in a series of tassels that have been secured to the fabric using macrame. The back bodice is composed of two panels- a large panel on the right and a smaller panel on the left that wraps around to the front. The back panels closure on the left side with eighteen metal buttons covered in gray synthetic silk crepe and eighteen crepe loop closures. The inside of the dress is unlined and there is no label.
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: 2007.3.620
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 silk (possibly rayon), synthetic lining, metal, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Shoulder to hem) 45 in (114.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width: (Shoulder to shoulder) 18 1/4 in (46.4 cm)