Authentic 1940s vintage shirtwaist day dress in structured black woven cotton, featuring a white soutache embroidered design across the front skirt. Styled with a classic mid-century collar, short sleeves, a lightly gathered waist, and a left side-seam metal zipper closure. The front placket retains three functional, highly collectible white lucite flower-shaped buttons.
In good wearable antique condition; the cotton fabric remains strong and structurally sound, showing professional historical repairs on the bodice, minor age-appropriate fading, and a localized bluish tint/discoloration to the white soutache embroidery as documented in the photos.