Blue and pink short sleeve printed dress with collar

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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 blue and pink short sleeve printed dress with a collar. The dress is made of cotton sateen printed with clusters of arabesque shapes in pink, white, blue and black and has a self-fabric collar. A seven-inch long button placet is sewn at the center front below the collar. Three self-fabric covered metal buttons are sewn along the button placket. The short sleeves are made of the same panel as the dress and have no armscye seams. Two vertical shaping darts twelve inches long are sewn on the front of the dress. A diagonal bust dart is sewn on each side, ending at the side seams. The dress has a center back seam and two box pleats sewn on each side of the center back seam. An eleven-inch metal zipper is sewn along the proper left side seam and runs from the bottom of the armscye and ends at the waistline.

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