Cream lace and pale peach dress designed by Arthur McGee
date: label: Date
content: 1960-1975
name: label: Designed by
content: Arthur McGee, American, 1933 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A beige linen lace dress (a) and tie belt (b) designed by Arthur McGee. The dress is collarless and there are five metal hook closures that connect to a corresponding thread loops in the center front. The front of the dress is made from two panels for the bust and two skirt panels sewn together at the waist. Both the skirt panels and the bust panels are seamed together at the center front. The front of the dress has an alternating design of cut work lace and solid panels of linen. There is a lace trim machine- stitched to the hem of the dress. The back bodice is composed of a single piece, machine stitched to a single skirt panel. The skirt has been hand gathered to itself and machine stitched to the back bodice. The dress is lined with beige plain weave acetate. The bust lining is composed of two panels in the front and a single panel for the back. The skirt lining is four panels, two panels for the front and two in the back. There is white machine-lace trim stitched along the inner hem and cut lace machine stitched to the bottom hem. There is no label.
label: Description
content: The tie fragment (b) is made from the same pale peach synthetic fabric overlaid in open work cream floral lace. It is backed in machine-made cream lace. One end of the tie is folded and seamed to the back side, the other is cut with a raw edge. The tie likely wrapped around the dress at the waist to hide the seam.
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: 2007.3.69ab
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
label: Type
content: belts (costume accessories)
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: a: lace, synthetic fiber, and metal hooks
label: Medium
content: b: lace and synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: Dress (a) Length (Shoudler to hem) 46 1/4 in (117.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (Shoulder to shoulder): 28 1/2 in (72.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Belt (b) L x W: 16 × 1 in. (40.6 × 2.5 cm)