Pink beaded dress with gold lamé belt
date: label: Date
content: 1920s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Ann Lamb Davis, 1911 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A drop waist dress with a boatneck made from magenta silk crepe with a beaded grid pattern decorating the front and back bust. The front bust is one panel, sewn to the back panel at the side seams. There are three snaps closures at the right shoulder. A grid pattern made with clear glass seed beads covers the front of the bust and has hanging beaded loops at every other grid corner. There is a decorative belt attached to the dropped waistline made from one panel of gold lame and one panel of pink silk crepe loosely twisted together. A pink crepe rosette is attached on the proper right of the waist band and a gold tassel made from cording wrapped with gold metallic thread hangs from the crepe rosette. The waistband joins together under the rosette with two metal hooks and eyes. There are five metal snap closures on the proper left waist that extend down to the skirt. The front of the skirt is composed of five panels that alternate between non-beaded and beaded decorations that extend down to the hem of the skirt. Each panel narrows at the waist and gradually widens as it reaches the hem, creating a wide skirt. The back bust panel also covered with the beaded grid pattern. The back of the skirt contains four panels of alternating beaded and non-beaded panels. The dress features a sleeveless slip lining made from silk crepe. The lining has thin straps and metal snap closures on the proper left side. All seams of the dress have been machine stitched together.
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.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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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: 2007.3.622
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silk crepe, glass beads, metal, cording, metallic thread, and wood
label: Dimensions
content: Length: (Shoulder to hem) 47" (119.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (Shoulder to shoulder): 20 in. (50.8 cm)