A black sleeveless silk velvet dress with glass bead embellishments. The dress has a V neckline and is gathered at the top of the shoulders. The edge of the proper right side of the neckline is embellished with glass beads. Glass bugle beads, seed beads, and ovoid shaped glass beads are sewn in diagonal lines across the front of the dress. The lines converge inwards on the proper left side at hip level where the silk velvet is gathered. The dress has no side seam on the proper left side below the concentrated area of embellishments as the dress is left open below the hip. It has an asymmetrical scalloped hem which is shorter on the proper left side. A row of glass ovoid beads and two rows of glass bugle beads are sewn along the bottom of the hemline. The embellishments on the back of the dress mirror the front. Diagonal lines of embellished beads converge inwards on the proper left side at hip level where the silk velvet is gathered. The proper left side of the back panel wraps around the front and is sewn behind the front of the dress at hip level. The dress is unlined, unlabeled, and handsewn. Black synthetic seam binding ribbon is handsewn along the edge of the neckline at the interior. Metal snaps are sewn along the interior top of the shoulder with lingerie guards, only one part of the snap is still attached to the dress on each side. The dress has a rolled hem. The fabric's selvage is along the proper left side of the back panel.
| Date | 1920s |
| Created by | Unidentified |
| Subject of | Ann Lamb Davis, 1911 - 2002 |
| Subject of | Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007 |
| Medium | silk velvet, glass beads, synthetic ribbon, and metal |
| Dimensions | Length (waist to hem): 39 1/2 in. (100.3 cm) |
| Dimensions | Width (shoulder to shoulder): 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm) |
| Dimensions | Waist (flat): 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane |
| Object number | 2007.3.792 |
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