Fitted black velour dress with silver embellishments 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 silver embellishments design by Peter Davy. The high-necked dress is fitted through the bodice and floor-length skirt, which has a long slit at the center back. The back bodice has an oval cut-out extending from the neck to the waist. The full-length blousy sleeves have fitted cuffs made from a shiny synthetic black stretch knit fabric. A silver sequin and beaded stylized leaf paillette is sewn at the proper right front shoulder. The collar and back cut-out are trimmed in silver sequins. Six (6) strands of round faceted silver beads are sewn at the proper left front along the shoulder seam, extending in progressively longer lengths across the front of the dress and attached at the other end to the proper right sleeve cuff. The dress closes at the center back neck with one (1) metal hook-and-eye, and below the cut-out with a black metal and plastic zipper.
label: Description
content: The dress is lined only at the front yoke with black synthetic fabric. Black shoulder pads are sewn at each interior shoulder. 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
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: 2007.3.83
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, sequins, and beads, with metal and plastic fasteners
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 53 1/2 × 19 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (135.9 × 50.2 × 3.5 cm)