International Fashion & Textiles

 (5340 works)

  • Hanging pocket
    Title
    Hanging pocket
    Production date
    (17th century)
    Artist/Maker
    UNKNOWN, Italy (maker); ITALY (designer)
    Medium
    silk, metal, card
    Accession number
    960-D2
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1913
  • Corset
    Title
    Corset
    Production date
    (c. 1770-1780)
    Artist/Maker
    SCOTLAND
    Medium
    cotton, linen, silk, baleen
    Accession number
    CT161-1983
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1983
  • Outfit
    Title
    Outfit
    Production date
    1892
    Artist/Maker
    REDFERN (couture house); John REDFERN (designer)
    Medium
    silk, glass, chiffon, jet
    Accession number
    D187.a-c-1974
    Credit Line
    The Schofield Collection. Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the Government of Victoria, 1974
  • Camp scene
    Title
    Camp scene
    Production date
    1989
    Artist/Maker
    Annie Petyarre Alyawarr
    Medium
    batik on silk
    Accession number
    CT382-1994
    Credit Line
    Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the H J Heinz II Charitable and Family Trust, Governor, 1994
  • Suit (Habit à la française)
    Title
    Suit (Habit à la française)
    Production date
    (c. 1775)
    Artist/Maker
    (FRANCE)
    Medium
    silk satin, silk floss, chenille thread, wood (buttons), shell, metal
    Accession number
    D73.a-c-1978
    Credit Line
    Presented by the National Gallery Women's Association, 1978
  • Swimsuit
    Title
    Swimsuit
    Production date
    (c. 1920)
    Artist/Maker
    ASBURY MILLS, New York (manufacturer); Annette KELLERMAN (designer)
    Medium
    wool
    Accession number
    2002.184
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 2002
  • Poesis
    Title
    Poesis
    Production date
    (c. 1880)
    Artist/Maker
    THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF ART NEEDLEWORK, London (manufacturer); William MORRIS (designer); Edward BURNE-JONES (designer)
    Medium
    wool, cotton
    Accession number
    CT1-1992
    Credit Line
    Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Miss Flora MacDonald Anderson and Mrs Ethel Elizabeth Ogilvy Lumsden, Founder Benefactors, 1992
  • Chasuble
    Title
    Chasuble
    Production date
    (c. 1720s)
    Artist/Maker
    FRANCE
    Medium
    silk, silk thread, gilt thread
    Accession number
    D20-1972
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1972
  • Dress
    Title
    Dress
    Production date
    (c. 1842)
    Artist/Maker
    (ENGLAND)
    Medium
    block-printed wool, silk ribbon, metal (hooks), baleen
    Accession number
    D67-1977
    Credit Line
    Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of David Syme & Co. Limited, Fellow, 1977
  • Diamond in the square quilt
    Title
    Diamond in the square quilt
    Production date
    (c. 1925)
    Artist/Maker
    UNITED STATES
    Medium
    wool, cotton
    Accession number
    1997.358
    Credit Line
    Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of The Ian Potter Foundation, Governor, 1997
  • TEXTILE LENGTH
    Title
    TEXTILE LENGTH
    Production date
    c. 1890
    Artist/Maker
    UNKNOWN
    Medium
    Cream ground printed with impressions of fern and eucalypt leaves
    Accession number
    CT72-1991
    Credit Line
    Presented by Terence Lane, September 1991
  • Toile for Dress
    Title
    Toile for Dress
    Production date
    1960 {summer}
    Artist/Maker
    PIERRE CARDIN, Paris (fashion house); Pierre CARDIN (designer)
    Medium
    cotton fabric, net corset, and tapes, silk bodice facings, satin swatch, and tafetta lining swatch, polyester skirt stiffening, plastic skirt stiffening and zipper, metal boning, bra underwire and hooks and eyes
    Accession number
    D71-1980
    Credit Line
    Gift of Mrs Margaret Price, 1980
  • Carlo and Ubaldo at the Fountain of Laughter
    Title
    Carlo and Ubaldo at the Fountain of Laughter
    Production date
    1640-1650
    Artist/Maker
    ALEXANDRE DE COMANS, Paris (tapestry workshop)
    Medium
    wool and silk wefts, linen warp
    Accession number
    1458-D5
    Credit Line
    Felton Bequest, 1966
  • Purse
    Title
    Purse
    Production date
    (early 17th century)
    Artist/Maker
    ENGLAND
    Medium
    linen, gilt thread, silk thread, seed pearls
    Accession number
    D59-1970
    Credit Line
    Felton Bequest, 1970
  • Rug, from the Gallia apartment dining room
    Title
    Rug, from the Gallia apartment dining room
    Production date
    (c. 1913)
    Artist/Maker
    JOHANN BACKHAUSEN AND SÖHNE (manufacturer); Josef HOFFMANN (designer)
    Medium
    wool
    Accession number
    D224A-1976
    Credit Line
    Samuel E. Wills Bequest, 1976
  • Dress
    Title
    Dress
    Production date
    (c. 1840)
    Artist/Maker
    ENGLAND
    Medium
    woll, silk
    Accession number
    D65.a-b-1977
    Credit Line
    Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of David Syme & Co. Limited, Fellow, 1977
  • TOY
    Title
    TOY
    Production date
    c. 1900
    Artist/Maker
    Medium
    Hand-held card toy, 6 litho printed cards threaded with tape, held by wooden handle, 4 scenes of boys
    Accession number
    D31-1978
    Credit Line
    Gift of Mrs Roma Rank, 1978
  • Delphos
    Title
    Delphos
    Production date
    (c. 1920)
    Artist/Maker
    FORTUNY, Venice (workshop); Mariano FORTUNY (designer)
    Medium
    silk, venetian glass beads
    Accession number
    D82-1977
    Credit Line
    Purchased, 1977
  • Tea dress
    Title
    Tea dress
    Production date
    (c. 1912)
    Artist/Maker
    BECHOFF-DAVID, Paris (couture house)
    Medium
    silk tulle, linen tape lace, cotton thread
    Accession number
    D84-1977
    Credit Line
    The Schofield Collection. Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of David Syme & Co. Limited, Fellow, 1977
  • Dance dress
    Title
    Dance dress
    Production date
    (c. 1925)
    Artist/Maker
    FRANCE; FRANCE (maker)
    Medium
    muslin, gelatin, sequins, glass
    Accession number
    D233-1974
    Credit Line
    The Schofield Collection. Purchased with the assistance of a Victorian Government grant, 1974