Floral brocade jacket and skirt with fringe hem

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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 floral brocade jacket and skirt with fringe hem. The jacket and skirt are made of cotton synthetic blend brocade upholstery fabric with a dark floral pattern in purple, blue, green, black, and yellow. The jacket (a) opens in the center front, small lapels are made by turning back the top of the center front opening. The jacket is made of three different weaves of dark floral brocade. The yoke of the jacket is made of a floral brocade with thicker yarn and more abstracted florals. A one and a quarter inch wide band with horizontal stripes in green, blue, red, and yellow are sewn below the yoke. A different floral brocade fabric is sewn below the striped band which continues to the hem of the jacket. The two piece sleeves are made of a different dark floral brocade.

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