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2022.10
Dress
Date: c. 1920
Black silk dress with a drop waist and sash. Decolletage is a sheer fabric decorated with a vertical heiroglyphic style design of glass seed beads. Lined with silk taffeta, and button details (non functional) are silk satin. Dress snaps at left proper, with chiffon outer garment hiding the closures.
Material: silk chiffon, silk taffeta, silk satin, glass seed beads, metal snaps
Label: none
Measurements:
Bust: 33 inches
Waist: 33 inches
Shoulders: 16 inches
Sleeve length: 20 inches
Total length: 52 inches
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