Red chiffon and satin dress with matching scarf 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 red chiffon and satin dress (.1) with red sequin and bead embellishments and matching scarf (.2) designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a strapless bodice with a sweetheart neckline extending to a straight floor-length skirt with a rounded hemline and a thigh-high slit at the center front. The dress is made from red satin overlaid in red chiffon. A large flower with pointed petals made from red sequins and beads is sewn onto the proper right front waist of the dress, with some petals extending up onto the bust. The front bodice neckline is trimmed in a thick band of red sequins and beads. The front skirt hem, including the slit, is trimmed in a thin band of red sequins and beads. The dress closes at the center back with a red metal and plastic zipper.
label: Description
content: Only the bodice of the dress is lined, with the front lined in red synthetic fabric and the back in the red satin. A stiff material is placed between the satin and the lining of the front bust to form bra cups. Boning is sewn between the satin and the lining at each front side, each side, and each back side for six (6) pieces total. White hanger loops are sewn at each interior side seam. The interior hem and skirt slit are trimmed in red floral lace. A white fabric label with black printed text is sewn at the interior proper left back side bodice that reads, "An Original / by / Peter Davy" with three (3) black diamonds down the proper left side of the label.
label: Description
content: The matching scarf (.2) is made from the same red chiffon as the dress, doubled and seamed by hand with bias-cut ends. The scarf is pleated at the center with a decorative strip of red sequins and beads covering the seam of the pleats on the facing side only.
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: 2007.3.101.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
label: Type
content: scarves (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: synthetic satin, synthetic chiffon, sequins, and beads, with metal and plastic zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1 (flat)): 49 1/4 × 19 × 2 1/2 in. (125.1 × 48.3 × 6.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.2 (flat)): 117 × 9 1/2 × 1/2 in. (297.2 × 24.1 × 1.3 cm)