Cream and silver double breasted jacket
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1978
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A cream and silver double breasted jacket made with synthetic brocade. The brocade is formed of circles and flowers woven with synthetic cream and metallic thread. The jacket has a notched collar, with an oversized lapel. The fabric used on the collar goes in a different grain starting at the notch. The jacket has long set in sleeves with three plastic decorative buttons sewn at the wrist. The jacket opens at the center front with the proper left side slightly covering the proper right side. Three white plastic buttons and a dart are sewn to each side of the center front opening. The buttons on the proper left side are decorative. The back of the jacket has a center back seam. The inside of the jacket is lined with cream synthetic and faced with brocade along the neckline, center front opening, and hem. A plastic button is sewn to the inside of the jacket at the proper left opening along the facing. Padding is encased between the brocade and lining at the shoulders. The seams on the jacket are machine stitched. The lining is stitched to ends of the sleeves and the jacket’s hem with machine overcast stitches.
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: 2007.3.654
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: synthetic brocade, synthetic, metallic thread, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 25 3/4 × 17 in. (65.4 × 43.2 cm)