Silver metallic dress with ruffles 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 dress with ruffles designed by Peter Davy. The short sleeve sheath dress is made of synthetic lamé, it has a round neckline with self-fabric bias tape. A V shaped panel of silver metallic mesh is used at the center front of the dress, ending below the bust. Trim made of two rows of silver metallic sequins are sewn along the edge of the mesh. Self-fabric ruffles are pleated and sewn along the edge of the mesh. The short sleeves are made of a self-fabric pleated ruffle with a synthetic silver mesh ruffle sewn below. Synthetic horsehair is sewn to the interior hem of each ruffle. A diagonal bust dart and a shaping dart are sewn on each side of the dress. Plastic silver metallic sequins and clear plastic beads are concentrated on the proper right side of the dress at hip level in an organic motif. The dress is form fitting and ends below the knee. The back of the dress has a higher neckline with a V shaped panel of silver metallic mesh at the center back that is wider than the front panel. A twenty-one-inch plastic zipper with a metal pull is sewn along the center back seam. The sequin trim and pleated ruffles that are sewn on the front of the dress are also placed along on the back. A fourteen-inch shaping dart is sewn to each side of the center back zipper. Applique in the shape of a bow is made of silver sequins and clear glass seed beads. It is sewn at the top of the slit at the back of the dress. A fourteen-inch slit is sewn below the applique bow. The dress is lined with white synthetic knit and is machine sewn. The hem has a single fold and is finished with overcast machine stitching and hand tacked to the dress. A fabric label made of synthetic ribbon is sewn to the proper right side of the center front mesh panel. The text [An Original by Peter Davy] is stamped on the label.
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: 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: 2007.3.123
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 lamé, synthetic mesh, synthetic knit, plastic sequins, plastic beads, glass beads, synthetic horsehair, plastic, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 42 in. (106.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)