A black organza and lace dress with bronze lamé details designed by Peter Davy. The bodice of the dress is made from two (2) gathered pieces of black organza sewn at each front side, extending over the shoulder, and attached at each back side. Bands of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.86
A black dress with faux pearls designed by Patrick Kelly for his Fall/Winter 1988 collection. The dress is made of wool and synthetic blend knit. It is fitted and ends at knee length. The dress has a two-and-a-half-inch self-faced band collar and long…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.9.9
A black dress with faux pearls in the shape of a heart designed by Patrick Kelly for his Fall/Winter 1988 collection. The dress is made of wool and synthetic blend knit. It is fitted and ends above the knee. The dress has a two-and-a-half-inch self-faced…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.9.8
A black short-sleeved dress with a fringed skirt worn by Mae Reeves. The dress is made from black semi-sheer synthetic fabric. It has a scoop neck with short sleeves and an asymmetrical waistline that extends below the natural waist on the proper right…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.149
A black dress with red and green sequins. The dress is made of black synthetic organza. Red plastic sequins and green plastic sequins are arranged in squares across the surface of the fabric. The sequins are machine sewn to the synthetic organza with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.888
A black dress with a red heart designed by Patrick Kelly for his Fall/Winter 1988 collection "More Love." The dress is made of wool and synthetic blend knit and is fitted through the hips. The dress has a two-and-a-half-inch wide self-faced band collar and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.9.4
A black long-sleeved, floor-length dress with red ribbon embellishment designed by Peter Davy. The dress is made from an under layer of black fabric, probably polyester or polyester and cotton blend, overlaid in sheer textured black chiffon. The bodice is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.97
A black dress with ruffles and fringe trim (a) and sweat guards (b,c). The bodice is made from two pieces of black polyester crepe. There’s a center piece that starts at the neckline, continues between the two central bodice pieces, and ends at the hem.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.897abc
A black dress with white floral embroidery and fringe. The dress is made of black synthetic and is embroidered with cream silk thread in flowers and foliage. The dress has a boat neckline with short cap sleeves, which are made with an eight and a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.988
A black dress with yellow, blue, and red stripes designed by Patrick Kelly likely from his Fall/Winter 1989 collection. The dress is made of wool and synthetic blend knit. It is fitted and ends at knee length. The dress has a two-and-a-half-inch wide…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.9.10
Black dress worn by Oprah Winfrey as the character Sofia Johnson in the film "The Color Purple." The short-sleeved shift dress is made from a single piece of black rayon-cotton blend satin that is folded in half at the shoulder and seamed down each side,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.184.1.1
Black dupioni cap of silk or synthetic fabric attributed to Mae Reeves. The cap is formed from black plastic net into a circle. It is covered with black dupioni fabric with the corners draped over the front of the cap, but gathered and knotted at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.35
A PNG digital illustration of the "descent view" from a project titled "Black Effect" by Tobi Ashiru. The project is an artistic reimagining of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with this view depicting the exterior of the west…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.114.1
A PNG digital illustration of the “entry view” from a project titled “Black Effect” by Tobi Ashiru. The project is an artistic reimagining of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with this view depicting the approach to the east side…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.114.2
An Adobe Illustrator file of the “lower view render” from a project titled “Black Effect” by Tobi Ashiru. The project is an artistic reimagining of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with this view depicting an exterior view of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.114.3
An Adobe Illustrator file of the “main view render” from a project titled “Black Effect” by Tobi Ashiru. The project is an artistic reimagining of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with this view depicting the approach to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.114.4
An Adobe Illustrator file of the site plan and elevations from a project titled "Black Effect" by Tobi Ashiru. The project is an artistic reimagining of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. This is a grouping of five imagined…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.114.5
An Adobe Illustrator file of the “upper view render” from a project titled “Black Effect” by Tobi Ashiru. The project is an artistic reimagining of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with this view depicting an elevated exterior…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.114.6
A digital image of an architectural rendering titled "Black Elevation." It consists of a single Portable Network Graphics file (.png). The image's background is a pale orange with a large beige circle in the middle. Lines with concentric ovals and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.106.1
Black jacket (.1) and pants (.2) with tinsel decoration by Patrick Kelly. The jacket (.1) is collarless with wide front lapels and full-length dropped tapered sleeves. It is gathered at the natural waist using a self-fabric drawstring that ties at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.141.33.1-.2
A pair of black embroidered low heeled shoes. The shoes are made of black synthetic suede and are embroidered in black with curvilinear lines along the vamp. The vamp has a pointed toe and peaked arch. The short heel is made of plastic with an adhered heel…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.672ab
A hardcover copy of Black Empire by George Schuyler. The book has a paper dust jacket and a plastic book jacket cover. The front cover of the dust jacket is black and is dominated by a large black-and-white woodcut illustration. The print depicts two (2)…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.106.2
Issue of Black Enterprise from February 1991. The cover of the magazine has an image of Dr. Arnold F. Stancell below the title [BLACK ENTERPRISE]. The left side has yellow and white text about magazine articles including [BOOM CAREERS OF THE '90s]. Other…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2017.51.4.1.4.1
