Cream silk dress with pintucks

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A cream silk dress with pintucks. The dress is made of silk shantung, it has a boat neckline with a one-and-a-half-inch wide band sewn along the edge of the neckline. The band ends in a decorative curve on each side of the center front opening. Pintucks are machine sewn throughout the dress. The short sleeves have a gusset and are made of the same panel as the dress bodice. Twelve self-fabric covered buttons are sewn to the proper left side of the center front opening. These buttons align with twelve self-fabric buttonhole loops on the other side of the center front opening. A metal snap is sewn above the top button and loop. A waist seam is sewn along the natural waist below the last button on the bodice panel of the dress. A metal hook with a thread eye and a metal snap are sewn at the waistline.

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