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Tie

1960s (made)
Artist/Maker
Pablo Picasso (designer)
J.C. D'Ahetze (maker)
Place of origin
France (made)

Woven brown silk tie with a design of a woman's head, guitar or mandolin, and a book by Picasso in shades of white and brown. The objects occupy a diagonal section to appear below the knot. Half of the design appears again upside-down on the underneath section. Constructed in the usual way of three pieces cut on the cross. Machine-stitched edges and hand-stitched centre seam. Lined with canvas.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Fashion
Accessories
Clothing
Object type
Tie
Materials and techniques
Jacquard woven silk, lined with canvas
Silk (Textile)
Jacquard Weaving
Brief description
Woven silk tie, designed by Pablo Picasso, made by J.C. d'Ahetze, France, probably 1960s
Physical description
Woven brown silk tie with a design of a woman's head, guitar or mandolin, and a book by Picasso in shades of white and brown. The objects occupy a diagonal section to appear below the knot. Half of the design appears again upside-down on the underneath section. Constructed in the usual way of three pieces cut on the cross. Machine-stitched edges and hand-stitched centre seam. Lined with canvas.
Dimensions
  • Length: 1333mm
  • Width: 56mm (Note: widest)
  • Width: 25mm (Note: narrowest)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'j.c. d'ahetze / 250 Rue de Rivoli, PARIS. / gold print on black silk tope. / hand stitched.' (On label)
  • 'Dessin de / PICASSO / co. by Spadem, Paris. / white and red print on black / silk ribbon. hand stitched.' (On label)
  • 'SOIE. / woven white and black silk ribbon. / hand stitched.' (On label)
Credit line
Given by Martin Battersby
Subjects depicted
Busts
Guitar
Books
Urns
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.260-1967

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Record createdAugust 24, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O138735/tie-pablo-picasso/
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