Pink and white lace dress with rhinestones and bow 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 pink and white lace dress with rhinestones and bow by Peter Davy. The light pink dress has leg of mutton sleeves with puffs at the shoulders and sleeves that taper towards the wrist. It is mid-length and trumpets out at the bottom. The body of the dress has a light pink synthetic knit and is covered in a layer of floral cream synthetic machine lace.
label: Description
content: The dress has a rounded neckline with a deep V-neck cut out covered in cream synthetic machine lace that extends to the waistline. Iridescent glass rhinestones are set in along the lace surface and the deep v cut out is trimmed with silver plastic sequins and clear plastic seed beads. Self-fabric knit pink piping edges both the front and back of the rounded neckline. Iridescent glass rhinestones also edge each sleeve cuff. The front of the dress has a body con silhouette made from one panel with two 3" bust darts and two 16" shaping darts.
label: Description
content: The skirt has a trumpet silhouette and there is a large thick pink padded bow on the front where the skirt flares out. The bow is the same width as the body of the dress and is padded with layers of fabric, likely synthetic organza. The hemline has been machine surged, folded under once, and secured with a straight stitch.
label: Description
content: The back of the dress features a deep v neckline that is edged with pink synthetic knit. A 10.5" metal zipper with plastic teeth secures the center back. There are two panels for the back of the dress. There are two 15" shaping darts on either backside of the dress.
label: Description
content: The construction of the pink synthetic lining matches the outer construction of the lace. There are two hanging loops (one at each shoulder) made from the same pink synthetic knit fabric. The top of the sleeves are lined with one panel of white synthetic organza to add additional volume. There is no label, but the dress is made by Peter Davy.
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: 2007.3.115
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: synthetic knit, synthetc machine lace, synthetic organza, glass rhinestone, plastic, sequin, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length (collar to hem): 51 1/2 in. (130.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 18 in. (45.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Chest (flat): 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)