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Summer azure, scarf

ASCHER LTD, London (manufacturer), Ivon HITCHENS (designer)
Summer azure, scarf
 1947

Medium
silk (crepe)

Measurements
95.2 × 89.3 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1948
© Estate of Ivon Hitchens

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
printed in blue on multicoloured silk (in image) l.l.: Ivon Hitchens
printed in black on brown silk l.l.: 84/350
printed white on brown silk l.r: ascher

Accession Number
1904.9-4

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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