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Somewhere over the opal rainbow dress

ROMANCE WAS BORN, Sydney (fashion house), Anna PLUNKETT (designer), Luke SALES (designer)
Somewhere over the opal rainbow dress
 2015 {spring, Coo-ee couture collection}

Medium
hand painted silk

Measurements
(a) 170.0 cm (centre back) 34.5 cm (waist flat) (dress)
(b) 171.0 × 61.0 cm (scarf)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Fashion and Textiles, 2015
© Romance Was Born

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline, woven in rainbow gradient on black cotton: Romance Was Born

Accession Number
2015.491.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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