dress
date: label: Date made
content: 1939-1941
name: label: maker
content: Natalie, Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: Dress; white lawn; peter pan collar w/ narrow, scalloped applique of green lawn around neck; CF opening, closes with 6 tiny, round, cloth covered buttons, w/ loops; set-in puffed sleeves w/ binding around the edge; pleated below shoulder area, w/ pleats sewn into bound seam which extends out from armhole almost to C; wide hemmed bottom of green attached to dress w/ green zig-zag stitching, in a slightly uneven horizontal line; zig-zag waves at R side where applique of Noah's Ark is attached where white meets green; applique is in various colors w/ embroidered accents; beyond ark across F at green zig-zag stitching are various animals in a variety of colors, all outlined in stitching, and w/ embroidered accents; at LF, beyond animals, are appliques of two palm trees, w/ stitched outlines; measures 17 1/2" (44.5 cm) down CB.
label: Description
content: Label text: Natalie Inc. / Washington, D.C.
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. B. Carpenter in memory of Mrs. Walter Willard Boyd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0698.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress