Green bodice and skirt with brown stripe accents

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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.

An olive green bodice and skirt with brown stripe accents. The bodice (a) is made of olive silk twill and has a band collar made of striped silk faille with a looped pile. The collar opens on the proper left side and has two metal hooks on the interior of the front side opening. Two holes are at the other side of the collar opening where metal eyes were likely previously sewn to align with the hooks. The bodice has long sleeves which end in two-inch cuffs made of striped silk faille with a looped pile. A decorative V shaped panel is sewn to the center of the bodice. A panel of striped silk faille with a looped pile in the shape on an inverted capital A is sewn to the center front panel. Green silk twill is sewn to the center front panel around the negative space of the A shaped panel.

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