Dress worn by Lupita Nyong'o as Patsey in the film 12 Years a Slave
date: label: Date
content: 2013
name: label: Designed by
content: Patricia Norris, American, 1931 - 2015
label: Worn by
content: Lupita Amondi Nyong'o, Mexican Kenyan, born 1983
label: Created by
content: Western Costume Company, American, founded 1912
label: Subject of
content: Solomon Northup, American, 1808 - 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Lupita Nyong'o wears this dress as the character Patsey in the film 12 Years a Slave. The dress is designed and weathered to resemble an early 19th century Regency era gown that survived until the 1840s setting of the film.The dress is a faded blush pink color with short sleeves and an empire waist. There is pleated detail at the front waistline. The bottom of the dress has a hidden hem which follows the frayed bottom edge and prevents additional tears. The back fastens closed with three buttons and four sets of hook-and-eye fasteners. The buttons are off-white and have circular detailing. The sleeves are puffed with interior snaps and tabs of fabric used to secure undergarments. Inside the proper left side of the back shoulder is a barcode [Western Costume/40982797]. There is an additional barcode on the proper right hip inside the dress that is struck through in red ink [Western Costume/40445971].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Western Costume Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.158.1.1
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: cloth, thread, metal, plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (on form): 55 × 19 × 14 in. (139.7 × 48.3 × 35.6 cm)