dress, 1-piece
date: label: date made
content: ca 2000
notes: label: Description
content: Floor-length wrap dress of black sheer fabric decorated with red velveteen flowers, leaves and hearts highlighted with black metallic thread. Bodice and full-length, uncuffed sleeves lined in black cotton. As garment is worn over another dress, the bodice closes in the front at the waist by a self-fabric tie on either side. Skirt is unlined and gathered at the waist; the skirt does not go all the way around. In front, on both sides, skirt ends 3.75" before the tie. This reveals the decorative dress worn beneath. Skirt is pieced on proper right front 15.5" from hem but not on left. One full-length seam off-center (right side) in back. Worn as part of an Iraqi Kurdish woman's traditional costume.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Abdul H. Rahman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0160.12
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0160.12
label: accession number
content: 2011.0160
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress, 1-piece
label: Object Type
content: Wrapper
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: synthetic mesh fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metallic thread (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton velveteen (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 60 1/2 in; 153.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: waist: 30 in; x 76.2 cm