dress
date: label: date made
content: 1967
name: label: maker
content: Lowe, Ann
notes: label: Description
content: Off-white, sleeveless, floor-length peau de soie evening gown. Scooped neckline in F&B (lower in B). Straps approx. 1-1/8" wide. CB opening with metal zipper 14.5" long topped with metal hook & fabric eye. Bodice lined in shiny cream-colored synthetic trimmed with narrow band of lace. Boning all around bodice with bone in back going up strap almost to shoulder top. Built in brassiere with elastic straps under each breast. Elastic (7/8") band attached below brassiere at CF and hooks in back. Hanging straps both sides inside at side seam. Long dart each side from underarm to breast. Bodice appliqued with green silk leaves & red velvet rose "buds" off a green silk cord. Applique runs from bodice front on both sides to CB opening & continues down 2 attached floor-length panels; underside of panels is same red/pink velvet as roses. CB opening decorated both side with large velvet rose blossoms. Down outside of R floating panel vine with leaves & 3 velvet buds extends 11". On L floating panel, vine with 3 blossoms and 3 buds extends 24". Attached A-line skirt lined in off-white cotton. Hem and interior seams trimmed in same lace as bodice lining. Slip, attached at waist, made of same material as bodice lining; lined with off-white cotton. At botton of slip, a 5" band of netting on outside of slip. Three gold-colored butterflies tacked to outside of slip in back. Worn by donor as her debutante gown in 1967.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: used
content: Debutante
label: designer
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Polly Carver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0326.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0326
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0326.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress
label: Object Type
content: Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall skirt length: 44 1/4 in; 112.395 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall bodice height: 11 in; 27.94 cm