Pale purple dress with white floral embroidery and matching belts

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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 purple dress with white floral embroidery (a) matching, faux leather belt (b) and a fabric belt (c). The dress features a bodice with a deep, rounded neckline. There’s gathering under the neckline and a self-fabric bow at the neckline’s center front. There are short, set-in sleeves made from one panel of fabric, seamed together at the inner arm. White floral machine embroidery with cut work covers both the front and back of each sleeve. The dress opens at the proper left with a 12” metal zipper that has [WALDES] stamped on the metal pull. On either side of the center front waist of the skirt are 4" horizontal sections of gathered fabric and two thread belt loops (one on each side) are sewn to the hip. Two inches below the skirt waistline is a 7.25” panel of the same white embroidery with cut work that decorates the sleeves.

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