SUPERGANTS

Gloves
(1950-1955)

LENGTH OF FABRIC The Mayor's Cup William KERR Coffee pot GEORG JENSEN SØLVSMEDIE, Copenhagen (manufacturer); Henning KOPPEL (designer) Scaramouche and Columbine MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, Meissen (manufacturer); Johann Joachim KÄNDLER (modeller) Clouds John CONSTABLE Frederick van Velthuysen and his wife, Josina Thomas de KEYSER (Mother and child) E. Phillips FOX CAMEL CLOTH Skin heel boots FECAL MATTER, Montreal (fashion house); Steven Raj BHASKARAN (designer); Hannah DALTON (designer) Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI BROOCH Banner ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Dress GUCCI, Florence (fashion house) Black bunny ears hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Stephen JONES (designer) Iris, platform sandals ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Sarah BURTON (designer) Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) The Banquet of Cleopatra Giambattista TIEPOLO Look 15, dress BALENCIAGA, Paris (fashion house); Nicolas GHESQUIÈRE (designer) Clock garniture MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator) Writing cabinet Rene DUBOIS The first cloud William Quiller ORCHARDSON Ecstasy André MASSON Pair of glass coolers SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN FACTORY, Saint-Cloud (manufacturer) Glove purse MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Paris (fashion house); Martin MARGIELA (designer) The finding of the True Cross COLA dell'Amatrice The thinker Auguste RODIN Dress STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer) Self-portrait Joseph WRIGHT of Derby Shoe covers COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q EGYPT, el-Amarna