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Dress - Kaftan Style Dress; Knitted Circle

Kaftan Style Dress; Knitted Circle

  • Object:

    Dress

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (made)

  • Date:

    1969-1970 (designed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Rhodes, Zandra, born 1940 (designer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Screen-printed satin with quilting

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Miss Helena Matheopoulos

  • Museum number:

    T.400-1980

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

Zandra Rhodes graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1964, opening her first shop, The Fulham Road Clothes Shop, four years later. The textiles she uses are a fundamental part of Rhodes' designs. In 1968 she created a series of textiles whose motifs were taken from knitting and embroidery stitches, called 'Knitted Circle'. The motifs are seen here on this printed satin dress.

Physical description

Quilted satin dress. The pattern depicts the Zandra Rhodes' Knitted Circle print in three different colour satins.

Circular skirt in three different layers, first layer consisting of one circle, second layer comprising three, and third layer with nine circles.

Place of Origin

London, England (made)

Date

1969-1970 (designed)

Artist/maker

Rhodes, Zandra, born 1940 (designer)

Materials and Techniques

Screen-printed satin with quilting

Object history note

This particular dress is Butterfly No 9 & 16/cat no Z1 as depicted in Rhodes' 1984 autobiography (1984). A photograph of the dress being modelled in a Clive Arrowsmith photograph appears on page 35

Reference:
Rhodes, Zandra and Knight, Anne, The Art Of Zandra Rhodes, London, 1984

Descriptive line

Quilted satin dress, designed by Zandra Rhodes, London, 1969-1970

Exhibition History

Spectres: When Fashion Turns Back (Victoria and Albert Museum 01/01/2005-31/12/2005)

Materials

Satin

Techniques

Screen printing; Quilting

Categories

Clothing; Fashion

Collection code

T&F

Qr_O108098
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