White dress and jacket with floral embroidery

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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 dress and a jacket with floral embroidery. The mid length sleeveless sheath dress (a) is made of a synthetic twill weave with machine embroidery of flowers and flourishes. The dress has a boat neckline with a raised waist seam that is slightly under the bust. A five-inch bust dart is sewn on each side and two pleats are sewn on each side along the waist seam. Two five-and-a-half-inch darts are sewn on each side below the waist seam slightly askew from the pleats above. A small plastic faux shell button is sewn along the neckline at the proper right side of the center back opening. This aligns with a thread eye on the proper left side. A twenty-one-inch zipper is sewn below the button along the center back seam. On pleat is sewn along the waist seam on each side of the center back zipper.

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