White lace dress with iridescent rhinestone 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 white floral lace dress with iridescent rhinestone details designed by Peter Davy. The dress has one sleeve at the proper left side, with the bodice fitted through the hip and waist. The diagonal waistline falls at the natural hip, with the proper right side higher than the proper left side. The bodice is made from a light brown sheer synthetic fabric overlaid in white net lace with a medium-scale meandering floral vine design. The floor-length skirt is slightly flared and is made from white synthetic knit fabric overlaid in thinly accordion pleated white lace with a small allover floral pattern. The short pouf sleeve is made from a white synthetic fabric overlaid in the medium-scale floral lace with two flounces made of the accordion pleated small floral lace used on the skirt. A large cluster of flowers and leaves is sewn in white thread at the center front bodice, and further embellished with iridescent rhinestones. Rhinestones also trim the neckline, sleeve, and waistline. The dress closes at the center back with a white metal and plastic zipper.
label: Description
content: The bodice is not lined beyond the light brown sheer fabric. Boning cased in white fabric is sewn around the interior bodice, six (6) pieces total. A shoulder pad is sewn at the interior proper left shoulder seam and stiff white net lines the pouf sleeve. The skirt is not lined beyond the white knit under layer. White hanger loops are sewn one at the interior proper left shoulder seam and a second at the interior proper right underarm 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
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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: 2007.3.85
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: lace, synthetic fiber, and rhinestones, with metal and plastic zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 57 1/2 × 22 × 2 3/4 in. (146.1 × 55.9 × 7 cm)