Small dress with long sleeves and a plaid pattern of off white, red, and black. There is a small ruffled trim around the collar, a detailed fitted bodice, gathered waist, with small pleats, full skirt, and a trim around the hemline.

The dress was handwoven and handmade by women in the donor's grandmother's, Panaiota (Makrys) Sakoulas, village in the early 1900s. Both Panaiota and her daughter, Nicoletta, immigrated to the United States from Greece, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts in 1920.

Panaiota grew up in a small village called Bouda (possibly also known as Vourvoura in Greek). The fabric of the dress was handwoven in Bouda with a loom, most likely with goat and sheep wool.

Panaiota married Aristedes Sakoulas, from the village of Soulari around 1913. He immigrated to the United States before Panaiota, landing in Boston, Massachusetts, and then moving to Kansas City, Missouri around 1915. Aristedes owned and operated many restaurants in the Kansas City area with his son, George, and his nephew, Gus, culminating in the opening of The Triangle Grill, also in Kansas City.

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