(FRANCE)

Fragment of brocade
(c. 1750-c. 1760)

Essay

Marking Time: Indigenous Art from the NGV

Banner ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Pietà CHELSEA PORCELAIN FACTORY, London (manufacturer); Joseph WILLEMS (modeller) The Virgin and Child FLANDERS (Mother and child) E. Phillips FOX Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends Jacopo AMIGONI Sideboard, from the Langer apartment Adolf LOOS (designer) The first cloud William Quiller ORCHARDSON Lace (FRANCE) Little Red Riding Hood Gustave DORÉ Boots VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, London (fashion house); Vivienne WESTWOOD (designer) Anguish August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK Clouds John CONSTABLE Dress JULIEN MACDONALD, London (fashion house); Julien MacDONALD (designer) Two old men disputing REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) CAP Armchair, from the Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna Otto WAGNER (designer); GEBRÜDER THONET, Vienna (manufacturer) Dress with body chains COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) FRAGMENT Chair Carlo BUGATTI Portrait of an old lady Françoise DUPARC Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law John Rogers HERBERT The victory of faith St George HARE LENGTH OF FABRIC Shoe covers COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q EGYPT, el-Amarna Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke William BEECHEY Jumpsuit ALAÏA, Paris (fashion house); Azzedine ALAÏA (designer) CAMEL CLOTH Dress ENGLAND