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Designed with a fitted corset silhouette, it features western-inspired embroidery along the front and an exposed lace-up detail that adds both edge and adjustability

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In her article African American Clothing, 1776-1819, (2016) Patricia Hunt-Hurst describes that: Most clothing [for enslaved people] was made out of coarse, inexpensive cloth such as osnaburg, jeans, homespun, and a plain-weave white cotton or wool fabric advertised as Negro cloth made to last for several months of regular wear. (2:33) All are wearing shirts, probably linen or a blend, under their waistcoats

The colours worn by the sitter suggest that she was in half mourning, as she has introduced the muted cream/grey colour of her mantle back into her otherwise black wardrobe

In 2015 the online world briefly tilted off its axis as we all gazed into a beguiling photo of a blue-and-black dress