Tie dye dress belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Museum Object and Cultural History
Tie dye dress belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: 1974. Designed by: Unidentified. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is a tie dye dress belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. The dress is a lightweight fabric with purple tie dye diagonal stripes against a white background. The long dress is in a straight style, with a knee-high slit at the bottom. It has long sleeves that are gathered at the wrists. It has a high round neckline in the front and a large round keyhole back that tie at the neck with a narrow strip of fabric. There is no tag or maker’s mark.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1974
- Designed by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
- Type: dresses
- Medium: cloth
- Dimensions: H x W: 57 1/16 × 16 1/8 in. (145 × 41 cm)
- Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Broadway Theatre
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Women
- Object number: A2022.13.1.79
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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