Brown sunflower print dress and matching 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 brown sunflower print dress (a) and matching jacket (b). The silk blend twill dress (a) features a sheath silhouette and a wide, rounded neckline. Both the dress and the jacket have an allover pattern of large, brown sunflowers. The dress is sleeveless and has a gusset, where the arm’s eye normally is, and each gusset is made from two panels of silk blend twill. There are two 5.25” length diagonal bust darts and two 6.75” shaping darts on the front of the dress. The bodice is machine sewn horizontally to a three-panel skirt – one panel for the front and two for the back. There is one knife pleat and one box pleat at each side of the waist front, and the bottom hem is finished with a 3” fold that has been turned under and machine stitched into place. The back bodice is made from two panels that are separated with a 21.

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