Yellow dress with floral embroidery and embellishments

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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 yellow dress with floral embroidery and embellishments. The sleeveless full length sheath dress has a boat neckline and is made of duchess silk satin. Faux pearl beads and glass seed beads are sewn along the edge of the neckline and around the armscyes. Flowers are embroidered with yellow cotton thread and metallic thread. Faux pearl and glass beads are sewn along the embroidered areas. Two diagonal darts are sewn on each side of the dress below the armscyes. The top dart is five inches long and the bottom dart is eleven inches long. The bottom fourteen and a half inches of the side seams transition into slits. A nineteen-inch zipper is sewn along the center back seam, a metal hook and eye are sewn above the zipper. The zipper has a metal pull and plastic teeth. A vertical shaping dart is sewn on each side of the zipper around the waistline.

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