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Buccaneer

Jacket
1981 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Brown checked and cross-cut wool tweed jacket with dropped armholes and bishop sleeves slashed end to end to reveal red-on-red embroidered scarlet silk lining.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Buccaneer (assigned by artist)
  • Pirate Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Wool tweed, embroidered silk and lined
Brief description
Pirate Collection 'Buccaneer' wool tweed jacket with embroidered scarlet silk lining, designed by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, London, 1981.
Physical description
Brown checked and cross-cut wool tweed jacket with dropped armholes and bishop sleeves slashed end to end to reveal red-on-red embroidered scarlet silk lining.
Object history
Purchased. Registered File number 1985/800. Part of the Pirate Collection 'Buccaneer' outfit of jacket, shirt and trousers (T.367 to B-1985).
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.367-1985

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Record createdJuly 29, 2008
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