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White lace dress with iridescent rhinestone details designed by Peter Davy

1980s

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

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

A white floral lace dress with iridescent rhinestone details designed by Peter Davy. The dress has one sleeve at the proper left side, with the bodice fitted through the hip and waist. The diagonal waistline falls at the natural hip, with the proper right side higher than the proper left side. The bodice is made from a light brown sheer synthetic fabric overlaid in white net lace with a medium-scale meandering floral vine design. The floor-length skirt is slightly flared and is made from white synthetic knit fabric overlaid in thinly accordion pleated white lace with a small allover floral pattern. The short pouf sleeve is made from a white synthetic fabric overlaid in the medium-scale floral lace with two flounces made of the accordion pleated small floral lace used on the skirt.

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Catalog reference: 2007.3.85

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