Embroidered lace sleeve fragment

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 scrap of a cotton sleeve. The top of the sleeve is torn at a diagonal angle. In the center of the sleeve there is a pleated seem going around the front and back of the sleeve. The bottom of the sleeve has scalloped edges. Each "scallop" has a small hole that is embroidered around the edges. There are vertical paisley patterns around the bottom of the sleeve. The tallest one is in the center and they graduall get smaller on either side. The paisley designs are made ou of holes with embroidered edges. There are flowers inside of the paisley designs. There are four in the largest designs, two in the medium sized designs, and one in the smallest designs. There are a few loose threads at the top of the sleeve from where it was disconnected from the rest of the garment. The sleeve has started to yellow from age.

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