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Medium:
ab: wool
Dimensions:
H x W (flat): 43 × 22 1/2 in. (109.2 × 57.2 cm)
H x W (flat): 1 3/4 × 58 in. (4.4 × 147.3 cm)
Type:
dresses
belts (costume accessories)
Place made:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
mid 20th-late 20th century
Description:
Dusty rose pink wool shirt dress (a) and matching belt (b) designed by Arthur McGee. The A-line dress has a short standing collar decorated with lines of heavy top stitching in similar colored thread, a slit at the center front, elbow length sleeves, and falls just below the knee. The dress fits over the head, it has no fastenings. The dress is not lined except with self-fabric around the front yoke and front slit. There are no labels.
The belt (b) is made from the same wool fabric as the dress. It is decorated at each end with the same lines of heavy top stitching as the collar of the dress, approximately nine (9) inches at each end. It is double-sided.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
