Resource Type

Dress

Black silk/rayon dress. Bound moderate V-neckline with V-shaped front yoke and square back yoke. The yokes are of black silk crepe chiffon backed with light brown-colored silk crepe. The yokes are appliquéd with stylized black silk/rayon floral and vine motifs. Full-length set-in sleeves with inset details to wrists. Beginning at the elbow, a flared V-shaped inset forms a mock outer sleeve while the actual sleeve tapers to the wrist. The wrists are slit and secured with a single snap. Natural waist seam with belt loops at the side seams. The belt is missing. Below knee length. Pieced, bias cut flared skirt. Narrow turned hem. Unlined. No opening.
Date: 1930/1935
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library