Metallic gold dress with cascading ruffle collar 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 metallic gold dress with a cascading ruffle collar designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a short-sleeved fitted bodice with a dropped waist and a plunging V-neck in the back. It is made from a gold synthetic fabric overlaid in semi-sheer metallic gold synthetic fabric. A v-shaped panel of black fabric overlaid in black net is sewn at the center front bodice with the net extending above the solid black fabric slightly in a scalloped line. The panel is embellished with metallic gold embroidered flowers, iridescent silver sequins and seed beads, and silver rhinestones. The panel is trimmed on each side in a row of large faceted iridescent silver sequins with a seed bead in the middle of each sequin.

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