Tie
1960s (made)
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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.
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Materials and techniques | Jacquard woven silk, lined with canvas |
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. |
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Credit line | Given by Martin Battersby |
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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) |
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Accession number | T.260-1967 |
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Record created | August 24, 2007 |
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