Pink and black floral tent dress
date: label: Date
content: 1970s-1980s
name: label: Created by
content: Chapter Two, American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pink and black floral tent dress with long sleeves. The dress has a round neckline with a cotton synthetic blended yoke. A modified shorted cap sleeve is sewn to the yoke, made of the same black cotton synthetic blend. The long sleeves are made of polyester and cotton blended fabric printed with pink and black flowers. The sleeves are gathered at the shoulders and above the cuffs. The three-inch cuffs are made of black cotton synthetic, two black plastic buttons are sewn to one side of the slit along the cuffs, which align with buttonholes on the other side. Pink synthetic gauze is used as piping on the ends of the cuffs, neckline, and cap sleeves. Eight knife pleats are sewn below the yoke in polyester cotton blended fabric with printed florals. The neckline is slightly higher in the back. A slit is sewn to the center back of the yoke with a self-fabric buttonhole loop on the proper left side which aligns with a black plastic button. Six knife pleats are sewn below the yoke in polyester cotton blended fabric with printed florals. The dress is unlined, and machine sewn. The hem has a double fold and is secured with machine overcast stitching. A woven fabric label is sewn to the center back interior below the yoke. The label reads [Chapter Two]. A manufacturing label is sewn below the designer label which includes the fiber content and care information on the back.
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: 2007.3.701
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: polyester and cotton blend, cotton and synthetic blend, synthetic gauze, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 43 in. (106.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 28 1/2 in. (72.4 cm)