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Jacket

1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Fewlass, Annie (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Annie Fewlass uses intricate decorative panels to create complex tailored garments. Reminiscent of sumptuous Renaissance attire, this fitted jacket has full ‘slashed’ sleeves and a jaunty peplum. It is constructed from 15 panels, each with a different design and colour combination. Annie Fewlass studied fashion and textiles at Birmingham/Leicester College of Art. She often uses machine knitting as a base for various hand techniques such as crochet, beading , embroidery and felting. This jacket design, with its varied textiles and patterns, indicates how important textural surface is to the designer who often experiments with different fabrics, yarns and trimmings.


Object details

Categories
Fashion
Evening Wear
Womenswear
Object type
Jacket
Materials and techniques
Machine-knitted wool, cotton chenille, crochet and beaded
Wool Yarn
Cotton Yarn
Chenille
Crochet
Beaded
Machine Knitting
Brief description
Woman's jacket of multi-coloured machine-knitted wool and cotton chenille, designed by Annie Fewlass, England, 1983.
Physical description
Woman's jacket of multi-coloured machine-knitted wool and cotton chenille, and with crochet and beaded decoration
Gallery label
  • Annie Fewlass uses intricate decorative panels to create complex tailored garments. Reminiscent of sumptuous Renaissance attire, this fitted jacket has full 'slashed' sleeves and a jaunty peplum. It is constructed from 15 panels, each with a different design and colour combination.(1997)
  • JACKET Machine-knitted wool and cotton chenille, finished with crochet and decorated with hand-embroidered beadwork TROUSERS Suede British: Annie Fewlass, 1983 This elaborate jacket, reminscent of sumptuous Renaissance garments, is close fitting and has full 'slashed' sleeves. It has been carefully planned and constructed from fifteen separate panels, each of which has a different design and colour combination. The collar, seam decoration and edges are crocheted. It fastens at the front with a full length zip. The jacket was made for the British Craft Centre travelling exhibition, The Knitwear Revue, 1983-4 T.153-1985(1985)
Object history
Purchased with T.153A-1985. Registered File number 1985/589.
Summary
Annie Fewlass uses intricate decorative panels to create complex tailored garments. Reminiscent of sumptuous Renaissance attire, this fitted jacket has full ‘slashed’ sleeves and a jaunty peplum. It is constructed from 15 panels, each with a different design and colour combination. Annie Fewlass studied fashion and textiles at Birmingham/Leicester College of Art. She often uses machine knitting as a base for various hand techniques such as crochet, beading , embroidery and felting. This jacket design, with its varied textiles and patterns, indicates how important textural surface is to the designer who often experiments with different fabrics, yarns and trimmings.
Bibliographic reference
De la Haye, Amy (ed.). The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London : V&A Publications, 1997. p. 203.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.153-1985

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Record createdSeptember 16, 2003
Record URL
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