Black net and silver sequin dress 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 net and silver sequin dress designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a fitted bodice through the natural waist and hips with one shoulder at the proper right side and a dropped waistline. The front bodice has a sweetheart neckline and a straight diagonal back that reaches upward on the proper right side to form the single strap. The waistline is cut on the diagonal extending downward from proper left to proper right. The bodice is made from black synthetic stretch knit fabric overlaid in black net lace, which is decorated all over in silver sequins sewn in a lattice pattern. A double layer of black net fabric in a ruffled rosette is sewn at the proper right shoulder, with both layers of net trimmed in a row of silver sequins. The full skirt is made from a heavily gathered double layer of black net with an asymmetrical hemline that follows the diagonal waistline from proper left down to proper right. The skirt layers are both trimmed in a double row of silver sequins. The dress closes at the proper left side seam.
label: Description
content: The bodice is fully lined in black stretch knit. Boning is sewn between the lining and the facing at each front bust. The skirt is not lined. Black hanger loops are sewn on the interior proper left at the underarm side seam and the interior proper right at the shoulder seam. There are no labels in the dress.
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: 2007.3.96
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, net, and sequins, with metal and plastic zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 55 1/2 × 40 × 6 in. (141 × 101.6 × 15.2 cm)