Black silk taffeta blouse with back drawstring
date: label: Date
content: 1900s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black silk taffeta blouse with a back drawstring. The blouse features a 1" band collar made from one panel of fabric. The front of the blouse is made from two panels of fabric that are pleated at the shoulder seams. They close down the center front with five metal snaps hand sewn to a 1 ¼” wide button placket. Both sleaves are made from one panel of fabric that are seamed at the inner arm. They are gathered and sewn into both the shoulder seams and 3” cuffs. Each cuff has a 4” placket leading to it. The interior and exterior cuff panels encase a layer of stiffener (possibly buckram) between them. The back of the blouse is one panel of fabric that is slightly shorter than the front. The back is gathered near the hem and sewn to a 1” self-fabric drawstring channel that contains a 3/8” width self-fabric drawstring. The interior of the blouse 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: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Blsck 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: 2007.3.665
objectType: label: Type
content: blouses
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: silk taffeta, buckram, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length (collar to waist): 21 3/4 in (55.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): × 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 44 in. (111.8 cm)