Dark purple silk bodice and skirt

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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 matching dark purple silk bodice and skirt. The bodice and skirt are made of the same fabric, a dark purple plum silk faille twill and dark purple plum silk pattern weave with spheres. The bodice (a) has long set in sleeves, the bottom portion of the sleeves are faced with the silk pattern weave with spheres. The bottoms of the sleeves are folded upwards creating small cuffs which show the facing. A decorative narrow panel is sewn is sewn along the center front of the bodice. The center front panel, band collar, and notched collar are made of the silk pattern weave with spheres. The proper right lapel on the notched collar is detached. The backside of the notched collar is faced with brown glazed cotton twill. The bodice opens on the proper right side of the center front panel with sixteen self fabric covered metal and paper buttons.

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