Black velvet and silver lamé dress with silver bows 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 black velvelt and silver lamé dress with silver bow embellishments designed by Peter Davy. The fitted bodice has a sweetheart neckline and a single strap on the proper right side. It has a dropped waist, with a wide silver lamé waistband above a gathered full skirt made from silver lamé and black cut velvet in a small-scale stylized meandering floral vine design. The shoulder strap is made from silver lamé and is covered with a large silver lamé padded bow. A second large silver lamé bow is sewn at the proper left front side waistband. The dress closes at the center back with a black metal and plastic zipper.
label: Description
content: The bodice is fully lined, the front in a black woven synthetic fabric and the back in a black knit synthetic fabric. Boning is sewn between the facing and the lining at the front and back sides, four (4) pieces total. Black hanger loops are sewn at each interior side seam. The bows are padded, probably with net or tulle. The skirt has an attached petticoat made from pale yellow synthetic net. A white fabric label with black printed text is sewn at the interior proper left back bodice that reads, "An Original / by / Peter Davy" with three (3) black diamonds down the proper left side of the label.
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: 2007.3.81
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 fiber, velvet, lamé, and net, with metal and plastic zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 61 × 47 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (154.9 × 120.7 × 14.6 cm)