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DressEntry/Object ID
2024.10.001Description
One (1) square dance dress, hand made by Ruth Heinrichs. Dress is black with pink, blue, and yellow flowers and green leaves throughout. There is white lace lining the opening of the sleeves and pleated white lace design on the front, covering the chest. There is a pink silk bow on the chest top, two on the bottom sides, and one on each sleeve. The dress has a drop waist silhouette, with it tighter on the top and then opens at waist. There are multiple pleats on the bottom, with a layered design of the printed fabric, lace fabric, then printed fabric. Design is not even, but was sewn almost like windows at the bottom, with lace openings. There is elastic on the inside waist band and a zipper on the back. The pink bows are affixed with clothespins on the inside.
On the inside back right, there is a printed tag that says: "An original by Ruth".Relationships
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Ray, Joyce