Yellow striped dress with asymmetrical collar
date: label: Date
content: ca.1965
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A yellow striped dress with an asymmetrical collar. The dress is made of striped linen and has an asymmetrical V neckline. A wide asymmetrical collar made of cotton textured weave on the bias follows the neckline. Short dolman sleeves are finished with cuffs made of cotton textured weave on the bias. These cuffs are double layered and are folded and tacked at the shoulder and underarm seams. The front of the dress is made of three asymmetrical panels, each of these panels is cut on a different grain including bias, cross, and straight grain. Pockets are set into each of the side seams at hip level. The dress has a center back seam which leads into a fourteen-inch slit. All the seams are finished with machine overcast stitching. The hem is tucked inwards and is finished with hand seed stitches. The dress is unlabeled and unlined.
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
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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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: 2007.3.651
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: cotton textured weave and linen
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 40 1/4 × 18 1/2 in. (102.2 × 47 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)