Cream skirt with floral embroidery and scalloped tiers

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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 cream silk skirt with floral embroidery and scalloped tiers. The skirt has a one and a quarter inch wide waistband which is machine sewn to the top of the shirt. The skirt is gathered below the waistband. It has three self-fabric tiers with floral embroidery and scalloped edges. Above each tier floral embroidery about two inches wide runs horizontally across the skirt. A side seam pocket is sewn along the proper right side seam which is hidden by the top tier of the skirt. A cream synthetic panel is sewn on each side of the center back of the waistband, this is a later addition. A white shell button is sewn to the proper left side of the waistband which aligns with a button whole on the other side. A nine and a quarter inch long placket is on the center back of the skirt. The placket continues into a center back seam.

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