Orange dress with corded pocket and collar

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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.

An orange sheath dress with a corded pocket and collar. The sleeveless dress is made of orange linen synthetic blend fabric and has a two-inch-wide band collar. The collar is made of six rows of self-fabric cord. A pattern of three metal beads painted white and one plastic rhinestone with a metal setting is along the second to last cord on the collar. A set of princess seams continue to the hemline. A self-fabric corded pocket is sewn to the proper left side of the dress at hip level. The edge of the pocket is decorated with a pattern of three metal beads painted white and one plastic rhinestone with a metal setting. The dress opens in the center back with two metal hooks at the collar. A twenty-one-and-a-half-inch zipper with plastic teeth and a metal pull is sewn along the center back seam.

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