Peacock suit with matching shirt pants and jacket

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A peacock suit with a matching shirt (a), pants (b), and jacket (c). The shirt (a) has a 1.25” wide band collar made from one panel of cotton fabric. There’s a 6” opening on the proper left neckline/shoulder area of the shirt that closes with two black metal snaps. There is one panel for the front of the shirt and one panel for the back, seamed together at the side seams. Each short sleeve is one panel, sewn to itself at the inner arm and has a 1” wide top stitch border at the cuff. There is a 6” x 6” pocket at the proper left side made from one panel of fabric and a double folded .25” hem at the bottom. The inside of the short is unlined.

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