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Textile

1970s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ground of woven fabric made with silver tinsel threads and other man-made fibres. Repeating design of photographic impression of transparent nylon ladies hipster knickers with floral decoration. Three rows of three sets of motifs in red, black, blue, purple, gren and orange. Full selvedge to selvedge width.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Screen-printing or other form of photographic processing onto tinsel and man-made fibre ground
Brief description
Length of screen-printed fabric on silver tinsel ground; knickers design; possibly British, 1970s
Physical description
Ground of woven fabric made with silver tinsel threads and other man-made fibres. Repeating design of photographic impression of transparent nylon ladies hipster knickers with floral decoration. Three rows of three sets of motifs in red, black, blue, purple, gren and orange. Full selvedge to selvedge width.
Dimensions
  • Height: 107.5cm
  • Width: 102.5cm
  • Diameter: 79mm
Object history
Possibly part of the material collected for the 'Fabric of Pop', a Regional Service Touring Exhibition held in 1974. Found unnumbered in the Collection.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.47-2001

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Record createdAugust 7, 2001
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