Red and white dress with sequins and lace designed by Peter Davy
date: label: Date
content: 1980s
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 red and white dress with sequin and lace embellishments designed by Peter Davy. The bodice of the dress has a V-neck front and high rounded back neckline and a dropped waist. The waistline is cut on a diagonal with the proper right side being longer than the proper left side. The bodice is made from red synthetic fabric overlaid in red machine-made synthetic net lace in a floral design. Lines of red sequins are sewn over the lace in a vermicelli pattern. There are short fluttery sleeves made from gathered white synthetic sheer fabric. This same fabric is gathered and sewn at the waist to form a full skirt. One (1) large white bow made from the white synthetic fabric and decorated with a strip of red sequins is sewn at the waistline at the proper right back side. The dress closes at the center back with a red metal and plastic zipper.
label: Description
content: The upper front bodice is lined in self-fabric with a piece of boning sewn inside the lining in the center of each side of the bust. A piece of synthetic white tulle is gathered and sewn at the interior shoulder of each fluttery sleeve. The lower skirt has an attached petticoat also made from synthetic white tulle. A white fabric label with black printed text is sewn at the interior proper left back bodice that reads, "An Original / by / Peter Davy" with three (3) black diamonds down the proper left side of the label.
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2007.3.95
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: synthetic fiber, synthetic lace, sequins, and synthetic tulle, with plastic and metal zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 54 × 30 × 8 1/2 in. (137.2 × 76.2 × 21.6 cm)