Black lace dress with rainbow ribbon embellishments 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 shoulderless black lace dress with light blue, red, purple, yellow, violet, royal blue and green satin ribbon embellishments designed by Peter Davy. The dress is made from a black net lace with an allover pattern of small black woven dots. The bodice is fitted through the waist and hip with a dropped waistline. Rows of ribbon in rainbow colors are sewn around the waist and hip, with each of the seven (7) rows tied into a bow at the proper left side with long streamers falling from each bow down near the hemline of the skirt, averaging forty-two (42) inches long. The collar of the dress is made from a wide ruffle of the black lace with a series of rainbow ribbon stripes sewn around it. Elastic is sewn inside the collar where it falls onto the arms, leaving the shoulders bare.

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