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Spinnaker jacket

KATIE PYE STUDIO, Sydney (fashion house), Katie PYE (designer)
Spinnaker jacket
 1978

Medium
cotton, linen, metal

Measurements
73.0 cm (centre back) 71.0 cm (sleeve length)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 2006
© Katie Pye

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription
label, inner neckline, woven in green on white cotton: Katie Pye / Clothes for Modern Lovers

Accession Number
2006.435

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Thigh length jacket comprised of multi-coloured geometric fabric panels, long sleeves, a mandarin collar and diagonally placed metal snap fastenings at centre front. The jacket is constructed with two patch-worked V shaped panels at front and rear over a lack and white striped bodice which then narrows to a band at the hem, and features white shoulder epaulettes and matching white bands at cuffs. The jacket is decorated with metal snap fastenings at the collar, cuffs and centre front. There are two invisible pockets underneath the coloured flap at centre front. The jacket is fully lined.

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