Maroon dress with gold sequins and beaded fringe 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 maroon dress with gold sequins and beaded fringe designed by Peter Davy. The dress is made of maroon synthetic velvet, it has a single cap sleeve on the proper right side. The neckline is bordered with trim made of gold plastic sequins and gold metallic beads. The same trim is used on the edge of the sleeve, the top embellishment, and hemline. Beaded fringe consisting of gold and clear seed beads with a bugle bead are sewn to the bottom of the sleeve and hem. The proper right side of the dress is sleeveless and has a sweetheart neckline. Padding is placed under the cap sleeve. Three areas of highly concentrated embellishments are sewn along the front of the dress. The embellishments consist of strips of gold sequin trim oriented diagonally. Thin synthetic gold lamé trim is placed throughout the embellishments. Beaded fringe consisting of gold and clear seed beads with a bugle bead are sewn long edges of the embellished areas. Three flowers made of gold sequins and beads are sewn along the embellished areas, one at the proper left side of the waistline and two along the middle section of the embellished area. The back of the dress is made of maroon velvet, with decorative gold trim placed along the neckline, the end of the sleeve, and hemline. A fifteen-inch plastic zipper with a metal pull is sewn to the proper left side of the dress. The dress has a center back seam and a shaping dart on each side. The back of the neckline and top of the sleeve are faced with black synthetic. Two self-fabric hanger loops are sewn to each side. The back of the dress is unlined, the center back seam is finished with the selvage. The front is lined with white synthetic bobbinet. Gold synthetic lamé is sewn along the lining at the proper left side of the bust. Plastic boning is placed at the proper left side of the bust. 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: 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: 2007.3.121
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 velvet, plastic sequins, glass seed beads, plastic bugle beads, plastic beads, synthetic trim with metallic thread, synthetic, synthetic bobbinet, synthetic lamé, plastic boning, padding, metal, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 57 in. (144.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (chest flat): 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)