Red dress with sequins, beads, and red and gold lace 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 red dress with bead and sequin embellishments and red and gold lace designed by Peter Davy. The dress is made from a red semi-sheer synthetic knit fabric, with the back bodice and sleeves made from a red floral machine-made synthetic lace with metallic gold detailing. The bodice is fitted with a V-neck front neckline and a high back neckline. Two paillettes shaped in a row of beaded leafy vines in red seed beads and sequins are sewn at each front side of the bodice. A larger scale red sequin and bugle bead leaf paillette is sewn at the center front bodice between the two smaller scale leaf paillettes. The neckline and waistline are trimmed in red floral machine-made synthetic lace with red sequin borders.

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