Gold metallic floral shift dress and jacket

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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 gold metallic floral shift dress and jacket made of syntenic and metallic thread brocade. The dress (a) has wide V neckline with a one-and-a-half-inch band of gold trim sewn along the edge. The trim is made of two bands of black syntenic, and gold metallic thread cording arranged in mirrored scalloped patterning creating circles. Bronze glass rhinestones with metal settings are at the center of each circle. On either side of the trim, gold metal balls and rhinestones are attached along the edges. The mid length dress has short cap sleeves, and a downward pointing bust dart is sewn on each side. The back of the dress has a center back seam with a twenty-three-inch zipper with plastic teeth and a metal pull. A metal hook and thread eye are sewn to the top of the zipper.

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