Esther PEARSON

SKIRT
1979

(Mother and child) E. Phillips FOX Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law John Rogers HERBERT Portrait of an old lady Françoise DUPARC The Mayor's Cup William KERR Glove purse MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Paris (fashion house); Martin MARGIELA (designer) Sideboard, from the Langer apartment Adolf LOOS (designer) Ecstasy André MASSON Dress MOSCHINO, Milan (fashion house); Franco MOSCHINO (designer) The finding of the True Cross COLA dell'Amatrice Coffee pot GEORG JENSEN SØLVSMEDIE, Copenhagen (manufacturer); Henning KOPPEL (designer) Beach dress FRANCE A monk with a book TITIAN Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FACTORY, Volkstedt (manufacturer) SHOE Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night J. M. W. TURNER Winter, from The four seasons FULDA PORCELAIN FACTORY, Fulda (manufacturer) The skittle players David TENIERS II October Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI Clock garniture MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator) Nova shoes UNITED NUDE (shoemaker); Rem D. KOOLHAAS (designer); Zaha HADID (designer) The grasshopper Jules LEFEBVRE 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) Portrait of a gentleman Louis TOCQUÉ The thinker Auguste RODIN Boots VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, London (fashion house); Vivienne WESTWOOD (designer) Teacup and saucer MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer) Great dancing pair Erich HECKEL (Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight) Joseph WRIGHT of Derby