White undergarment with pink ribbon and lace

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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 white cotton undergarment with pink ribbon and lace. This undergarment possibly used to be a woman’s slip that has been cut into a child’s underdress. Bobbin lace with pink synthetic ribbon has been machine stitched along the top of the garment. The dress is composed of five panels of plain weave cotton - three in the front and two side panels that are seamed together at the center back. There are two machine-stitched darts on the dress – one on either side panel. All the panels, front and back, are sewn to a 1” band of decorative cutwork with eyelet flowers and overcast bars. A pink ribbon made from synthetic material is woven through the cutwork band and is tied in a knot at the center front. Below the band of decorative cutwork are alternating panels of plain weave cotton with pintucks, floral machine lace, and embroidered flowers with cutwork inside the flower.

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