Coral collared dress with embellishments and detachable train

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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 coral collared dress with embellishments and a detachable train. The dress (a) is made of synthetic heat press faille, it has a V neckline with a self-fabric collar. The collar opens on the proper left side with five metal snaps and a metal hook and eye sewn at the interior of the collar and the dress. The long sleeves are gathered at the bottom and end in a self-fabric upturned cuff. A slit is set along the side seam of each sleeve, the slits close with a metal snap at the cuff. The back of the upturned cuffs is faced with coal synthetic. The collar and cuffs are heavily embellished with glass bugle beads, seed beads, white bugle beads, glass rhinestones in metal settings, and iridescent glass beads in a wave pattern. A horizontal bust dart is sewn at each side with a small triangle panel sewn on each side at the bustline.

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