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Sturt’s Desert Pea

FLAMINGO PARK, Sydney (fashion house), Linda JACKSON (designer)
Sturt’s Desert Pea
 1979

Medium
cotton

Measurements
(a) 56.5 cm (centre front) 41.5 cm (width) (apron top)
(b) 35.0 cm (centre back) 36.0 cm (sleeve length) (crop top)
(c) 38.5 cm (centre back) 27.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(d) 68.0 cm (outer leg) 29.0 cm (waist, flat) (pants)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2010
© Linda Jackson/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription
(b) label, inside proper right pocket, printed (vertically) black on white acetate: SYDNEY
printed black on white acetate: LINDA JACKSON
(c) label, centre front, printed (vertically) black on white acetate: SYDNEY
printed black on white acetate: LINDA JACKSON / FLAMINGO PARK
(d) label, right proper seam, printed (vertically) black on white acetate: SYDNEY
printed (inverted) black on white acetate: LINDA JACKSON / FLAMINGO PARK

Accession Number
2010.306.a-d

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
Outfit of orange cotton appliquéd all-over with Sturts Desert Peas and red lips. Comprises apron top, crop top, short skirt and ¾ pants.

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