Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Pink silk bed jacket with lace
1930s-1940s
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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 pale silk bed jacket with lace. The front of the bed jacket has a cotton lace yoke composed of floral motifs. The short flare bell sleeves are finished with a half inch wide band of cotton lace. The jacket opens completely at the center front and fastens at the neck with a silk satin ribbon on each side of the opening. A lace patch pocket is sewn on the proper right side of the center front opening. The jacket is machine sewn, unlabeled, and unlined.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2007.3.853
