Cream dress with rhinestones and metallic embroidery

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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 ankle length dress with rhinestones and metallic embroidery. The dress has a sweetheart neckline and cap sleeves. Remnants of gold colored woven monofilament are stitched along the edge of the neckline. The sleeves are slightly gathered at the shoulders. The sleeves are sewn with machine stitches and the hem is folded inwards and secured with hand stitches. The dress has an empire waistline which ends under the bustline and two dart tucks ending at a point along the waistline. There is a metal lapped zipper on the proper left side that starts at the base of the sleeve, it extends down the side of the dress and is thirteen and a half inches long. A metal hook and eye is placed along the zipper at the bust line. The top of the dress is adorned with tarnished gold chain stitch embroidery in swirling organic motifs.

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