- Designed by
- Davy, Peter, Saint Vincentian, 1944 - 1990
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1980s
- Medium
- velvet, organza, sequins, and beads, with metal and plastic fasteners
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (flat): 56 1/2 × 22 × 1 1/2 in. (143.5 × 55.9 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- A black velvet floor-length dress with pink ruffled and beaded decorations designed by Peter Davy. The dress is fitted through the waist and hips, with a straight sheath skirt that has a long slit at the center back. The bodice has a sweetheart neckline with thin straps. The straps and the front and back neckline edges are trimmed ins silver cord, pink bead, and silver sequin embellished trim. The left bust is covered in heavy beading and sequins in pink with small clusters of silver. A small rosette made from a layer of pale pink over a larger layer of darker pink pleated organza is sewn at the proper left waist with a cluster of pink beads and sequins in the middle of the rosette. An oversized rosette using the same pale pink over darker pink pleated organza is sewn with the center of the rosette at the proper right side just above the waist, so that the rosette is centered at the proper right side, extending over the front and back bodice. A large cluster of heavy beading and sequins in pink and silver is placed at the center of this rosette. The dress closes at the center back with a black metal and plastic zipper. One (1) metal snap is used to fasten part of the dark pink large rosette across the zipper opening on the proper left back side waist.
- The dress is fully lined in black synthetic fabric. Boning is sewn between the facing and the lining around the bodice, six (6) pieces total. There are no labels in the dress.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- dresses
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Design
- Fashion
- Fashion design
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
- Object number
- 2007.3.109
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




