Black velvet dress with gold sequin skirt worn by Ophelia DeVore
date: label: Date
content: 1961
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Ophelia DeVore, American, 1922 - 2014
notes: label: Description
content: Black velvet evening dress with gold sequin embellished skirt worn by Ophelia DeVore. The bodice is sleeveless with a scooped neck and is fitted to the natural waist, where it extends into a full floor-length skirt. The skirt is also made from the black velvet, but is embellished with an all-over gold sequin and embroidery design in a grid pattern with clusters of rounded squares of sequin and embroidery interspersed at even intervals in the grid. A black satin ribbon is wrapped around the waist and pinned at the center back. The dress closes at the center back with a zipper and two (2) hooks over fabric loops, with one hook above the zipper and one below the zipper at the waist.
label: Description
content: The bodice of the dress is lined in black synthetic fabric. The skirt is lined in black stiffener. There is a care label sewn at the interior center back waist with a size label next to it. There is no maker label.
place: label: Place used
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: Fashion
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ophelia DeVore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.25.4.1
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: velvet, synthetic fiber, buckram, sequins, and metal fasteners
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 57 x 30 in. (144.8 x 76.2 cm)