Red floral dress with bishop sleeves
date: label: Date
content: ca.1960
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A red floral sheath dress with bishop sleeves. The full length dress is made of silk chiffon printed floral in red, white, pink, and grey. Machine embroidery made with synthetic thread of meandering curvilineal lines and circles covers the surface of the silk chiffon. The dress has a draped boatneck collar and set in bishop sleeves with elastic at the cuffs. Three darts are sewn on each side of the center front bodice starting at the waistline with gathering sewn on the skirt panel underneath. The skirt panel has a center front seam that is off set to the proper left. This seam is unstitched eighteen and a half inches below the waistline creating a slit that continues to the hem. Four plastic faceted buttons with four fabric loops are attached to the center back of the collar. Underneath the collar is a center back plastic zipper with a metal pull that leads into the center back seam. Two darts are sewn on each side of the center back bodice starting at the waistline with gathering sewn on the skirt panel underneath. The dress is lined in light pink silk and the hem is whip stitched with pink thread. Pink synthetic knit fabric is sewn in between the silk chiffon and silk lining. Small hanger loops made of chain stitched thread are tacked to the shoulders.
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: 2007.3.381
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: silk chiffon, silk, synthetic fabric, synthetic thread, plastic, metal and elastic
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 55 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (141 × 52.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 13 in. (33 cm)