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Jacket

1990 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ladies' customised biker style jacket in black leather with steel ornamentation, and including suitcase components and bicycle chains.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Leather with steel ornamentation
Brief description
Ladies' biker jacket in leather, designed by Sally J Widiner and made by Leather Technics of London, England, 1990
Physical description
Ladies' customised biker style jacket in black leather with steel ornamentation, and including suitcase components and bicycle chains.
Object history
Purchased. Registered File number 1991/1355.

Certain materials come to be associated with particular fastenings, no matter what the object. The wit of this jacket comes through its use of metal luggage trimmings as well as its reference to bikes through chains.
Collection
Accession number
T.146-1991

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Record createdMay 13, 2005
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