Strapless brown and cream dress with metallic detailing 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 brown and cream strapless dress with gold and silver sequin and bead embellishments designed by Peter Davy. The bodice of the dress is made from a dark brown velvet and has a sweetheart front neckline with a shallow V back. The bodice ends between the natural waist and hip, with a full, gathered, floor-length skirt made from heavy cream synthetic fabric overlaid in cream sheer synthetic fabric. The bodice is decorated in rows of gold and silver sequins and beads, which begin at the proper left side below the bust and emanate out in rays that swoop upward from the waistline onto the proper right side and around to the back bodice, continuing upward to the back neckline. A long panel of the velvet is cut out on the proper left side of the bodice, which is then filled with brown net lace with a floral design. The cut-out is decorated with heavy clusters of gold and silver beads and sequins over the floral parts of the lace, with the net portions left exposed. The dress closes at the center back with a brown metal and plastic zipper.
label: Description
content: The bodice is fully lined in self-fabric, with a piece of boning sewn at each front side bust between the facing and lining. The skirt is not lined beyond the cream under layer fabric. Cream hanger loops are sewn at each bodice interior side 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: 2007.3.98
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 fiber, beads, and sequins, with metal and plastic zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 54 1/2 × 19 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (138.4 × 50.2 × 12.1 cm)