Not currently on display at the V&A

Golden Jacket

Jacket
1998 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gold metal embroidery threads form the structure of this fragile looking jacket. The designer used a machine to knit the threads in an open pattern. She then embellished the jacket with leaves which were boiled, bleached and washed, and then hand-sewn onto the garment.

Dora Baker, who designed and made the jacket, is a spinner, weaver and machine knitter. She is a licentiate of the Guild of Designer Craftsmen.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGolden Jacket (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Machine knit and hand sewn metal embroidery thread and leaves
Physical description
A jacket made of gold metal embroidery thread machine knit by hand in an open pattern. Real leaves have been lightly boiled in washing soda, coated in bleach and washed again. They have been hand sewn to the knitting
Dimensions
  • Neck to hem length: 72cm
  • Arms outstretched width: 140cm
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by John Allen
Summary
Gold metal embroidery threads form the structure of this fragile looking jacket. The designer used a machine to knit the threads in an open pattern. She then embellished the jacket with leaves which were boiled, bleached and washed, and then hand-sewn onto the garment.

Dora Baker, who designed and made the jacket, is a spinner, weaver and machine knitter. She is a licentiate of the Guild of Designer Craftsmen.
Bibliographic reference
John Allen and Carin E.M Reinders, eds. Slipstitch+ new concepts in knitting, Dutch Textile Museum, Tilberg, 2000
Collection
Accession number
T.230-2001

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Record createdJuly 26, 2001
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