Fitted black velour dress with gold sequin cut-outs 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 fitted black velour dress with gold sequin and bead embellished cut-outs designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a halter neck with the back bodice dipping into a shallow V. There is no waist seam between the fitted bodice and the straight sheath skirt, which has a thigh-high slit at the proper left side. A row of faceted metallic sequins with a seed bead at the middle of each sequin is sewn cross the front neck, with a long piece of gold metallic braided tape extending from each side of the neck and tying at the back neck. Four (4) diamond shaped cut-outs are placed on the front bodice. Each cut-out is filled with a very open gold metallic lace fabric trimmed in a row of faceted gold sequins with a seed bead at the middle of each sequin. The top and bottom diamonds have a paillette made from gold faceted sequins and gold bugle and seed beads sewn in a stylized leafy cluster. The side diamonds, which cover the breasts, have larger sequin and bead paillettes in a five-petal stylized flower design. The slit of the skirt is trimmed in a row of gold sequined woven tape, with a row of larger faceted metallic sequins sewn over the tape and each larger sequin having a seed bead at the middle. Twenty-two (22) lengths of fringe made from gold beads with a clear tear-drop bead on each tip are sewn at intervals around both sides of the slit, eleven (11) on each side. The dress closes at the center back bodice with a black metal and plastic zipper.
label: Description
content: The back bodice is lined in black synthetic fabric, and the front bodice is lined only around the front neckline. Two (2) pieces of boning are sewn between the lining and the facing, one at each back side. The rest of the dress is not lined. Black 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: 2007.3.100
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: velour, synthetic fiber, lace, sequins, beads, and foil braid, with metal and plastic zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 51 1/2 × 18 1/4 × 1/2 in. (130.8 × 46.4 × 1.3 cm)