Pale green blouse with lace trim
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pale green blouse with lace trim

Theresa Wilson-Brown, American · 1940s - 1960s

silk crepe, machine lace, and shell
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A pale green blouse with lace trim. The blouse is made from pale green silk de chine fabric and features a Peter Pan collar made from one panel of fabic trimmed with white machine lace. There are three shaping darts on each front panel and eah darts measures 5". The blouse closes at one point under the collar with a .25" pale green shell button on the proper left and a corresponding thread loop on the proper right. Each loose fitting sleeve is made from one panel of fabric, sewn to iself at the inner arm. It's gathered and sewn into a 1" cuff that closes with two pale green .75" shell buttons. The cuff is trimmed with .25" panel of white machine lace.

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