Black velvet dress with pink and silver decorations designed by Peter Davy

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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