Pink and black floral tent dress

Source catalog description

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

A pink and black floral tent dress with long sleeves. The dress has a round neckline with a cotton synthetic blended yoke. A modified shorted cap sleeve is sewn to the yoke, made of the same black cotton synthetic blend. The long sleeves are made of polyester and cotton blended fabric printed with pink and black flowers. The sleeves are gathered at the shoulders and above the cuffs. The three-inch cuffs are made of black cotton synthetic, two black plastic buttons are sewn to one side of the slit along the cuffs, which align with buttonholes on the other side. Pink synthetic gauze is used as piping on the ends of the cuffs, neckline, and cap sleeves. Eight knife pleats are sewn below the yoke in polyester cotton blended fabric with printed florals. The neckline is slightly higher in the back.

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