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Bush magic dress and gumnut cap

ROMANCE WAS BORN, Sydney (fashion house), Anna PLUNKETT (designer), Luke SALES (designer)
Bush magic dress and gumnut cap
 2015 {autumn-winter, Bush Magic collection}

Medium
nylon, cotton, plastic, glass beads (seed and bugle), diamantés, rhinestones, wool, felt, polyester, styrofoam, netted tulle

Measurements
(a) 157.0 cm (centre back) 39.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 62.0 cm (outer circumference) 30.0 cm (height) 20.0 cm (width) (hat)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2015
© Romance Was Born

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Accession Number
2015.169.a-b

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

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