Brown halter dress with gold music-themed embellishments designed by Peter Davy
date: label: Date
content: 1985-1990
name: label: Designed by
content: Peter Davy, Saint Vincentian, 1944 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A dark brown iridescent satin halter neck dress with gold sequin and beaded music-themed embellishments designed by Peter Davy. The bodice of the dress is made from a tube of gold sequin-covered fabric, with two wide strips of deep dark brown satin fabric sewn, one at each front side that reach up over the bust and fasten at the center back neck with two (2) self-fabric loops and two (2) round metal buttons. The gold sequin bodice has a shallow scoop in the back. Below the empire waistline is a full circle skirt with a back train made from the same deep brown satin as the halter neck bodice sections. Two (2) sets of three (3) rows of gold sequins spaced three (3) inches apart are sewn around the skirt, one around the thigh area and the other near the hemline. Several large-scale paillettes shaped as quarter and double-quarter music notes and treble clefs made from gold sequins and beads trimmed in black sequins are sewn over the rows of gold sequins, as if the rows are a music staff. The dress closes at the center back with a black metal and plastic zipper with one (1) black metal hook-and-eye at the top of the zipper.
label: Description
content: The bodice of the dress is not lined. The skirt has an attached petticoat made from black tulle. Black lace hanger loops are sewn at each interior side seam. There are no labels in the dress.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.87
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: satin, tulle, sequins, and beads, with metal and plastic fasteners
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 72 × 97 × 5 1/8 in. (182.9 × 246.4 × 13 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (on form): 59 × 45 × 47 in. (149.9 × 114.3 × 119.4 cm)