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Violin jacket and Sequin scale leggings and runners

ROMANCE WAS BORN, Sydney (fashion house), Luke SALES (designer), Anna PLUNKETT (designer)
Violin jacket and Sequin scale leggings and runners
 2010; 2010-2011
spring-summer Renaissance Dinosaur collection

Medium
inkjet print on silk (crepe), cotton, metal and plastic (sequins), cotton (canvas), rubber, glitter

Measurements
(a) 72.0 cm (centre back) 52.0 cm (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 108.5 × 26.5 cm (leggings)
(c-d) 15.0 × 10.5 × 31.0 cm (each) (shoes)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2011
© Romance Was Born

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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 in multicoloured thread on black acetate: RomanceWasBorn (check format)
(b) label, centre back, woven in multicoloured thread on black acetate: RomanceWasBorn
(c) check

Accession Number
2011.86.a-d

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

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