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dress and jacket

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  • Description

    woman's two-piece outfit comprising dress and jacket

    pale green silk chiffon with dark brown silk satin detailing to yoke; hand-painted stencilled detail in pink, dark green, turquoise and purple to lower areas; dress sleeveless with straps attached to short circular brown satin yoke to which is attached a slim-fitting dress over which is a full circular layer also attached to this yoke. The skirt of the dress is formed of two panels overlapping at front and back.

    Short cape jacket has short yoke of dark brown satin with ties of same attached down front of bodice; remaining sections are of pale green chiffon; front and back are curved and flared as are sleeves which are short with an overfrill attached at shoulder.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1996.14.2
  • Department
dress and jacket, 1996.14.2, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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