Pink and silver brocade jacket with frog closures
date: label: Date
content: 1950-1990
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pink and silver brocade jacket with frog closures. The jacket is made of peach silk satin brocade with silver metallic threads creating bamboo leaf patterning. The Mandarin style jacket has a band collar and opens in the center front. Three self-fabric frog closures are hand stitched to each side of the center front opening with loops on the proper right side and Chinese button knots on the proper left side. The three-quarter length kimono style sleeves have a dart at the bottom of the underarm and at the top of the shoulder. Cuffs are folded and unstitched at the edge of the sleeves. Wide pockets on each side of the center front opening extend across the full width of the hem. The pockets are six and a half inches long, aligning with the width of jacket’s side slits. The back of the jacket has a center back seam and two darts at the top of the shoulders. The inside of the jacket is lined with white silk and is self-faced along the edge of the center front opening, slide slits, and the collar. There is a small fabric label stitched at the jacket’s interior at the bottom of the neckline which reads [PURE SILK / HAND WASH / S].
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: 2007.3.656
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
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 brocade, silk, and metal thread
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 46 1/2 × 27 in. (118.1 × 68.6 cm)