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Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 7-10197, described as From Cat Card: Dress. Off-white dress with long sleeves and collar, gathered with smocking at neckline and at cuffs. Embroidered with red and black flowers, butterflies, and other motifs (?) at collar, shoulders, cuffs, and front. Strip of white ribbon with red pattern also sewn onto collar. Three tan-yellow buttons at neck and front with corresponding loops (note: a 4th loop 1/2 way up the collar lacking corresponding button) and a matching button with loop at each cuff. Red tag marked "27" tied to one front loop. Openwork seams at each lower shoulder. Weaving, sewing, embroidery and a small amount of openwork.
Hearst Museum object titled Shirt, accession number 7-10196, described as From Cat Card: Shirt. Long-sleeved off white shirt with embroidery. Shirt is tailored with a waistband, and expandable seam at back, shoulder pieces, lined cuffs, and a collar. Band of openwork at top of back. Body of shirt has two rows virtually identical embroidered motifs (colors differ) down both front and back. Embroidery done in purple, green, pink, orange, red, black, and metallic gold colored thread. Collar edged with repeating motifs embroidered in bright colors on black. Shoulders embroidered with rows of red, gold and silver colored metallic thread, with accents in blue and greens. Embroidery continues down sleeve with band of multi-colored diamonds bordered by gold or silvered colored chain stitched metallic thread and orange thread in cross stitch pattern, with a row of sequins topped by clear colorless beads separating the diamonds. Note that the yellow thread in diamonds has worn away in many places, and appears to have run in places. Embroidery similar to shoulder pattern continues down outer side of sleeve, bordered on one side by row of large u-shaped motifs in red, blue, green, orange, black, and gold and silver colored metallic threads. Note: "128" written on inside of collar and a red tag with "28" tied to the back of the shirt.

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