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Mens swimming trunks

SPEEDO
Mens swimming trunks
 (c. 1920)

Medium
cotton

Measurements
34.0 cm (centre front) 36.5 cm (waist, flat)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Speedo Group Ltd, 1991

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription
label, front left panel, woven in white on red: Speedo
label, inside seam, woven in black and red on white: ??

Accession Number
CT2-1991

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

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