White embroidered net dress with lace

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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 white full length embroidered net dress with lace. The dress is made of synthetic bobbinet with embroidered leaves scattered throughout the dress. One-and-a-half-inch wide white machine lace is sewn along the edge of the wide round neckline. The dress has short puff sleeves, lace trim matching the trim on the neckline is sewn on the bottom of the sleeves. A white synthetic satin ribbon is tacked along the top edge of the empire waistline. Machine lace is sewn along the bottom of the sleeves and hemline of the dress. The dress opens in the center back with a metal hook and eye at the top of the neckline. One decorative faux pearl button is sewn on the proper left side, two function pearl buttons are sewn on the proper right side of the center back opening. These buttons align with small elastic loops on the other side of the dress.

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