Gold lamé strapless dress 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 gold lamé strapless dress designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a fitted bodice with a sweetheart neckline, with the floor-length skirt fitted through the hips and then flaring out above the knee using accordion pleated godets. The bodice neckline, the edges of the godets on the skirt, and the skirt hem are trimmed in machine-made white, gold, and metallic gold ruffled lace. A large piece of metallic gold net is gathered into a rosette and sewn at the proper right front bodice, with a gold sequin and bead flower paillette sewn at the middle of it. The dress closes at the center back with a light gray metal and plastic zipper.
label: Description
content: The upper bodice of the dress is lined in self-fabric, with boning sewn between the facing and lining fabrics at the front sides, the sides, and the back sides for six (6) pieces total. The rest of the dress is not lined. Gold lamé hanger loops are sewn at each interior side. 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: 2007.3.84
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: lamé, lace, net, sequins and beads, with metal and plastic zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 60 1/2 × 25 × 2 3/4 in. (153.7 × 63.5 × 7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (on form): 60 3/4 × 26 × 26 in. (154.3 × 66 × 66 cm)