Woman's long-sleeved dress in natural cotton. It has a small Mandarin collar and is open to the waist. (The collar is closed with a button.) There is cross-stitch embroidery, using cotton threads, with applied beads on the collar and at the neck. The embroidery on the cuffs and hem are also in cross stitch but the scale of the geometric motifs varies. The predominant colours used are green, blue, black and red. [Textile]
textile; dress
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