dress, 1-piece
date: label: date made
content: ca 2010
notes: label: Description
content: Girl's long-sleeved 1-piece T-shaped dress of coral netting with repeating floral pattern. Trifoliate flowers and twining leaves made of glued-on black and silver glitter. Dress is loose fitting with straight sides that flair slightly; neckline in front is V-neck; in back, neckline is high and straight; no collar. V-neck reinforced by having some fabric folded under and stitched. Body of dress is two pieces of cloth stitched together on sides and shoulders. First 3" of sleeve are part of dress; than an attached 5" wide piece of fabric added. At this point another long piece of fabric, 31.5" long to tip, is attached, now with floral design on inside; the sleeve is open on the outside and tapers to a point. When worn, sleeve is folded back to meet the 5" wide piece. Part of an Iraqi Kurdish girl's traditional costume.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Tara K. Akram
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0159.04
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0159.04
label: accession number
content: 2011.0159
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress, 1-piece
label: Object Type
content: Girl
label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: synthetic netting (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glitter (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: glue (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: shoulder to hem: 38 in; 96.52 cm
label: Measurements
content: width at waist: 22 in; x 55.88 cm