Cabbage Rose

Not on display

Artist/Maker	Duckworth, Susan (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Jumper of hand-knitted wool and mohair. Loose-fitting with asymmetrical neckline and decorative fastening with four buttons across the left shoulder. Rose motifs set against a black background.

Object details

Categories	Clothing Fashion Womenswear
Object type	Jumper
Title	Cabbage Rose (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Hand-knitted wool and mohair Wool Yarn Mohair Hand Knitting
Brief description	"Cabbage Rose" jumper, 1985, British, Susan Duckworth, hand-knitted wool
Physical description	Jumper of hand-knitted wool and mohair. Loose-fitting with asymmetrical neckline and decorative fastening with four buttons across the left shoulder. Rose motifs set against a black background.
Gallery label	(1997) English garden flowers - particularly pansies and full-blown roses - have motivated Susan Duckworth's bold, colourful work. She had Liberty's chintzes in mind when designing this versatile sweater, which she describes as wearable 'either dressed-up and extravagant or quietly classic'. (1985) 'CABBAGE ROSE' SWEATER Hand-knitted wool and angora British: Susan Duckworth, Autumn/Winter 1985 This loose-fitting sweater in stocking stitch has an asymmetrical neckline and decorative fastening with four buttons across the left shoulder. Recently, rose motifs have been much favoured by knitwear designers. Set against a black background these roses are reminscent of Victorian 'Berlin woolwork' embroidery. Susan Duckworth runs a cottage industry employing outworkers from her home in Surrey. This sweater has received a Design Centre Award. Given by Susan Duckworth T.311-1985
Subject depicted	Roses
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.311-1985

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Record created	August 27, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O83782/cabbage-rose-jumper-duckworth-susan/

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