Pale green blouse with lace trim

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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 pale green blouse with lace trim. The blouse is made from pale green silk de chine fabric and features a Peter Pan collar made from one panel of fabic trimmed with white machine lace. There are three shaping darts on each front panel and eah darts measures 5". The blouse closes at one point under the collar with a .25" pale green shell button on the proper left and a corresponding thread loop on the proper right. Each loose fitting sleeve is made from one panel of fabric, sewn to iself at the inner arm. It's gathered and sewn into a 1" cuff that closes with two pale green .75" shell buttons. The cuff is trimmed with .25" panel of white machine lace. One panel of pale green silk makes up the back of the blouse.

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