Merlot velvet dress with lace bodice and sleeves 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 merlot fitted velvet dress with black lace, and gold and black beading and sequin details designed by Peter Davy. The dress is made from the merlot velvet, with no waist seam, and a straight ankle-length sheath skirt with a thigh-high slit at the proper left side. The bodice has a high neckline, but the front has a deep scalloped v-shaped cut-out that is then filled in with machine-made black synthetic lace net with a woven design of small black dots. A strip of three rows of gold, black, and gold sequins trims the cut-out. The same lace is used to make the full-length fitted cuff-less sleeves. A standing collar is made from a double layer of the black net lace, with a strip of the three rows of gold and black sequins between the neck and the bodice. Gold and black beaded chevron panels are sewn at the top of each shoulder, with strands of gold and black beaded fringe dangling off the side above the sleeves. The slit on the skirt is trimmed in a row of gold and a row of black sequins, with ten (10) lengths of black and gold fringe sewn at intervals down the slit. The dress closes at the center back with a black metal and plastic zipper.
label: Description
content: The dress is lined in black synthetic faille, except at the lace cut-out and the sleeves. A white fabric label with black printed text is sewn at the interior proper right 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
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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: 2007.3.80
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: velvet , synthetic lace, synthetic faille, sequins, and beads, with metal and plastic zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 47 × 18 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (119.4 × 47 × 3.2 cm)