Brown bodice and skirt with green silk trim

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A brown bodice and skirt made of novelty fabric with green silk trim. The dress was originally made in the 1890s but it has been reworked later. The bodice (a) is made from a silk wool blended novelty weave with black and multicolored silk thread woven throughout. The neckline has a detachable high neck band collar made of green silk satin on the bias and two bands of self-fabric gathered trim. A band of cotton canvas interfacing is placed between the exterior fabric and self-facing. The collar is tacked to the rounded neckline at two points at the proper left and closes in the center back with three metal hooks and eyes. The yoke is made of green silk satin on the bias with a band of self-fabric gathered trim which connects to the proper left shoulder with two metal hooks and eyes.

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