Green wrap dress with gold side applique 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 green wrap dress with gold and silver bead, sequin, and rhinestone waist decoration designed by Peter Davy. The dress is made from a green synthetic stretch knit fabric. It has a V-neck front and high neck backline with full-length fitted sleeves. The proper left front side crosses over and attaches with one (1) metal hook-and-eye at the proper right side waist. The proper right front side crosses over and is gathered at the proper left side waist, where it attaches with three (3) self-fabric loops and three (3) large flower-shaped clear rhinestone buttons. A large cluster of sequins, beads, and rhinestones in green, gold, and silver are sewn at the proper left front waist by the button closure. The center back waist is gathered with elastic, and a self-fabric panel with a chevron point at the center bottom is sewn across the back waist to hide the gathered section. The full-length sleeves are tight and taper toward the wrist. The full-length skirt has ruching along the proper right side seam and has a wide flounce along the bottom, including along the bottom of the proper right side panel that crosses over the front of the body.
label: Description
content: The dress is not lined except in self-fabric around the interior neckline. The back yoke lining also has interfacing adhered to it. 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
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: 2007.3.99
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 and spandex fiber, elastic, sequins, beadss, rhinestones, metal and rhinestone buttons, and metal hook-and-eye
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 49 3/8 × 19 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (125.4 × 49.5 × 3.8 cm)