Dress

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 4278

Description

Woman’s dress. Black velvet. Long, straight and loose skirt. Fitted waist with attached belt that snaps in the center with a small bow. Short puffed sleeves with slashes in them. Cream chiffon along neckline trimmed with silver beads and black velvet petals. V-neck on one side, high and rounded on other. Bottom of bodice extends in rounded shape on front and back.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1940 - circa 1949

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Waist: 30 in Bust: 36 in Shoulders: 22 in Length: 52-1/2 in