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Desert spinifex costume

BUSH COUTURE, Sydney (fashion house), Linda JACKSON (designer)
Desert spinifex costume
 1989

Medium
screenprinted silk (taffeta)

Measurements
(a) 95.0 cm (centre back) 35.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 23.5 cm (centre back) 33.0 cm (waist, flat) (bodice)
(c) 1.0 × 235.0 cm (tie)
(d) 123.7 cm (centre back) 32.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1992

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription
(a) label, centre back, woven orange on black cotton: (heart) Linda Jackson.
label, centre back, black printed on white cotton: PURE SILK
(d) label, centre back waist, woven black, blue and green on white acetate: Linda Jackson / BUSH COUTURE / AUSTRALIA

Accession Number
CT35.a-d-1992

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

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