Black dress with bronze lamé details 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 organza and lace dress with bronze lamé details designed by Peter Davy. The bodice of the dress is made from two (2) gathered pieces of black organza sewn at each front side, extending over the shoulder, and attached at each back side. Bands of bronze lamé are sewn around each organza panel at the top of the shoulder. The lower bodice through the fitted waist and hip is made from ruched bronze lamé fabric. A four (4) inch ruffle made from the black organza is sewn below the bronze lamé section where the skirt begins. The skirt is made from zebra patterned black lace and is shaped with a curved hemline that is longest at the proper right side. The skirt hem is trimmed in a 1 3/4"-inch wide band of the bronze lamé. The dress closes at the center back with a black metal and plastic zipper.
label: Description
content: The dress is not lined except for the bronze lamé section of the bodice, which is lined in the black organza. 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
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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: 2007.3.86
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: organza, lamé, and lace, with metal and plastic zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 59 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 1 in. (151.1 × 54.6 × 2.5 cm)