Diamonds and Roses

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Artist/Maker	Zandra Rhodes (designer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Transparent white gauze printed with a geometric and floral design in black and grey. Diamond-shaped boxes represent windows with clouds and rising floral/sun motifs on a black ground. Alternating squares are filled with wavy lines. The sample is a full selvedge to selvedge piece.

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Categories	Textiles Fashion
Object type	Dress fabric
Title	Diamonds and Roses (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Screen-printed cotton chiffon Cotton Chiffon Screen-Printed
Brief description	THIS NUMBER TO BE CANCELLED. This object is Circ.274-1974. 'Diamonds and Roses' printed chiffon; designed by Zandra Rhodes, British, 1969
Physical description	Transparent white gauze printed with a geometric and floral design in black and grey. Diamond-shaped boxes represent windows with clouds and rising floral/sun motifs on a black ground. Alternating squares are filled with wavy lines. The sample is a full selvedge to selvedge piece.
Dimensions	Height: 25cm Width: 112cm
Marks and inscriptions	'With compliments from Zandra Rhodes : Diamonds and Roses : 1969 : 64 Porchester Road, London W2 / 012295389' (Attached label)
Object history	Found unnumbered in the Collection. Proper number is Circ.274-1974 which was NIP for many years as the actual sample had been given the number T.45-2001 erroneously.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.45-2001

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Record created	May 21, 2001
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O59116/diamonds-and-roses-dress-fabric-zandra-rhodes/

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