Not currently on display at the V&A

Dress Fabric

1970-71 (made)
Artist/Maker
Astrobeams (designed for)
Marijke Koger (designer)
Place of origin
Los Angeles (made)

Piece of synthetic jersey printed with a design of white clouds against a shadow fading sunset background, going from pink to orange to yellow and back. Remains of seams suggest that this was originally part of the lining to a garment back.


Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Dress fabric
Materials and techniques
Printed synthetic jersey
Synthetic Jersey
Screen Printing
Brief description
Dress fabric, cloudy sky at sunset design. Marijke Koger for Astrobeams, 1970-71
Physical description
Piece of synthetic jersey printed with a design of white clouds against a shadow fading sunset background, going from pink to orange to yellow and back. Remains of seams suggest that this was originally part of the lining to a garment back.
Dimensions
  • Approx. width: 104cm
  • Approx. height: 100cm
Due to elastic nature of fabric and raw edges, it is difficult to be certain of dimensions.
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Ben Stagg
Subjects depicted
Psychedelia
Clouds
Sunset
Bibliographic reference
Published in Cullen, O, Pop Patterns, V&A, London 2011
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.57-2008

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Record createdSeptember 8, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O166705/dress-fabric-marijke-koger/
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