Silver metallic sequin dress 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 silver metallic sequin dress designed by Peter Davy. The dress is made of light brown synthetic bobbinet and has a deep V neckline. A plastic zipper with a metal pull is sewn to the center font ending below the waist. The long sleeves end in three-inch cuffs which are made of crochet cotton yarn and elastic thread. Plastic silver metallic sequins are woven throughout. The synthetic net has a repeating sprig embroidered motif, silver metallic sequins with clear plastic seed beads are sewn on top of the sprig patterning. The shoulder seams and neckline are edged with beads and sequins stringed together. Starting above the bust the bobbinet is covered with vertical strands of silver metallic sequins. Various areas of the sequins are voided in curvilinear lines across the front of the dress. Clear seed beads are sewn on top of the sequins across the edges of the voided areas. A vertical bust dart is sewn on each side. The back of the dress has a higher rounded neckline and a center back seam. Six triangular points made of silver metallic sequins and clear seed beads point upwards on the back of the dress above the waist. Below this the remainder of the dress is fully covered with vertical strands of silver metallic sequins and clear plastic seed beads. A sixteen-and-a-half-inch slit is sewn along the center back seam ending at the hem. The front of the dress is lined with synthetic bobbinet. The back is lined with cotton threads machine sewn together and covered with synthetic bobbinet. White cotton bias tape is machine and hand sewn along the hem. The dress is unlabeled.
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
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: Black Enterprise
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: 2007.3.119
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 bobbinet, plastic sequins, plastic beads, cotton yarn, elastic, plastic, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 53 1/2 in. (135.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 12 in. (30.5 cm)