The dress is linen dyed dark blue with indigo; the dense embroidery, primarily executed in crossstitch, shows the use of both natural and chemical dyes to obtain a wide range of colors including red, orange-red, brown, light green, light blue, yellow, white, pink and purple. The pink and purple are especially vivid. The fabric with wide orange and narrow yellow stripes is a silk and cotton satin known as 'atlas'. The other, mostly triangular appliqued fabrics are solid colors of orange, dark green, and yellow. Front square measures 13 1/4 in. (top edge), 13 5/8 in. (right edge), 13 7/8 in. (left edge), 12 in. (bottom edge). Multiple different pieces of cloth were reused and reassembled, including the front square, for this garment.