Gold and silver dress with ruffles 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 gold and silver dress with ruffles designed by Peter Davy. The dress is made of synthetic crepe with metallic thread in a floral and leaf motif. The dress has a wide round neckline with a one a three-quarter inch ruffled gold synthetic lamé band. The long-exaggerated Juliette or gigot sleeves are gathered at the top of the armscye seam and above the elbow where the bottom and top of the sleeves are joined. The bottom half of the sleeves are fitted and end in a ruffled synthetic lamé band. Gold synthetic lamé is machine sewn on the top portion of the proper left sleeve in elongated oval panels edged with self-fabric ruffles. Three gold synthetic lamé elongated oval panels edged with self-fabric ruffles are sewn on the front of the dress at chest level. These panels come to a point at a flower on the proper right side of the dress at waist level. The flower is made of ruffled gold synthetic lamé. A diagonal bust dart and a vertical shaping dart is sewn to each side of the front of the dress. Two pieces of plastic boning is sewn along the shaping darts measuring eight inches long. Four gores measuring twenty-five and a half inches made of gold synthetic lamé bordered with self-fabric ruffles are sewn at the bottom of the dress on the front. The neckline at the back of the dress is significantly lower, ending at the lower back. A nine-inch plastic zipper with a metal pull is sewn to the center back of the dress. Four gores measuring twenty-five and a half inches made of gold synthetic lamé bordered with self-fabric ruffles are sewn at the bottom of the dress on the back. A self-fabric hanger loop is sewn under each shoulder. The dress is lined with cream synthetic which extends into the synthetic net petticoat. Net is placed between the exterior fabric and lining to provide structure. A ruffled hem is sewn to the bottom of the petticoat with running stitches and machine overcast stitching. The exterior hem has a single fold and is finished with machine overcast stitching.
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
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: 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: 2007.3.124
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 lamé, synthetic crepe with metallic thread, synthetic, synthetic net, plastic, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 58 in. (147.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 12 in. 30.5 cm