Purple abstract floral printed blouse with pink buttons

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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 purple abstract floral printed blouse with pink buttons. The purple cotton fabric has a cotton sateen weave with an abstract pink, purple, and blue floral print. Two panels of fabric make up the blouse front. The fabric at front opening is folded inside, creating a 1.5” edge. There are two diagonal bust darts – one on each side – measuring 5.5” and four pink plastic buttons with metal backing are sewn to proper left. Above that are two sets of metal snaps, sewn right under the rounded neckline. There’s a self-fabric double looped bow at the neckline that measures 4” across. Each short sleeve is made from one panel of fabric that is sewn to itself at the inner arm. Both sleeves have a 1” single fold hem, so does the bottom of the blouse. The back of the garment is one panel of fabric and has two 3” darts at the neckline.

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