FIGURE 22. c.1926. CREAM SILK TENNIS DRESS. Known as a tub (washable) silk, this sportydropped waist dress features a deep pointed bias collar cut in-one with the front tie. The long sleevesopen at the wrist on the underarm seam and are finished with a cuff that ties. The box pleated skirtis attached at the dropped waistline. Short redand black vertical bars, "dotted" with goldcircles, are embroidered along the loweredge of the bodice front. An embroiderydepicting a woman with a tennis racketadorns the left bodice front. Donor:Mrs. Richard C. Bagen. CI.74.304.3.

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