Floral peach brocade evening jacket
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A floral peach brocade evening jacket with a high rounded neckline. The jacket is made of a millefleur brocade that has a peach satin ground with peach and gold metallic thread depicting birds, foliage, and meandering lines. Pleating at the neckline extends downwards to the center front button placket. The jacket has a center front opening with four metal fabric covered buttons on the proper left side and four bound buttonholes on the proper right side. The long set-in sleeves slightly taper at the wrists. The jacket has a fitted waist and slightly flares out at the hips. Two darts are sewn to each side of the center front opening starting at the hem and extending upwards to the bustline. The back of the jacket has a center back seam and a slit at the center back of the neckline. A single vent starts from the center back seam, ending at the hem. The inside of the jacket is lined with light peach silk and is self-faced with brocade along neckline, and the edge of the center front opening. The edge of the lining fabric and brocade are stitched together with hand whip stitches, the other seams are machine stitched.
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: 2007.3.658
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, crepe de chine, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 22 × 15 1/2 in. (55.9 × 39.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)