Time Machine
Cap
1988 (made)
1988 (made)
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Cap of wool tweed.
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Title | Time Machine (named collection) |
Materials and techniques | Wool tweed |
Brief description | Cap of wool tweed, 'Time Machine', designed by Vivienne Westwood, Great Britain, 1988 |
Physical description | Cap of wool tweed. |
Gallery label | Vivienne Westwood consistently re-defines Britain's country clothing and textile traditions. For the urban fashion market of the late 1980s, she re-worked the Norfolk suit, first introduced in the 1860s. It is fastened with the designer's signature orb motif buttons and has a matching cap.(1997) |
Credit line | Given by David Barber, in memory of Rupert Michael Dolan |
Object history | Registered File number 1991/2009. Worn with suit T.261:1, 2-1991. |
Production | Autumn / Winter Collection 1988 |
Bibliographic reference | De La Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997. p. 121
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Accession number | T.261:3-1991 |
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Record created | January 14, 2011 |
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