White and black dress with sequins and beaded fringe 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 and black dress with sequins and beaded fringe designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a cap sleeve on the proper right side and is sleeveless on the other side. The sweetheart neckline is edged with a row of clear plastic seed beads and four rows of plastic silver metallic sequins. The top half of the dress is made of white synthetic with synthetic lace overlay. Five rows of clear plastic bead fringe are sewn to the surface of the lace. The fringe is also sewn to the hem of the cap sleeve. Two side seams are sewn on the front of the bodice. The dress has an asymmetrical drop waist seam which is slightly higher on the proper right side. Black synthetic fabric with metallic thread is sewn below the drop waist seam. Vertical strands of black plastic sequins are sewn to the surface of the black synthetic. A twenty-two and a half long slit is sewn to the proper left side seam. Rows of clear plastic seed beads and plastic silver metallic sequins are sewn to the hem and slit. Plastic bead fringe is sewn along the rows of sequins and beads. A plastic zipper with a metal pull is machine sewn and hand basted along the proper left side seam which ends at the bottom of the white lace. The dress is lined with cream synthetic along the top half. Two pieces of boning (likely plastic) are sewn to the front of the dress. The lining is handsewn to the exterior of the dress along the neckline. The cap sleeve is unlined. Black synthetic knit is used to line the bottom half of the dress. A black synthetic ribbon is machine sewn along the hem. The beaded fringe is handsewn. The dress is unlabeled.
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: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
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: 2007.3.122
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 lace, plastic beads, synthetic, plastic sequins, synthetic ribbon, plastic, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 60 in. (152.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 15 in. (38.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)