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Tie

1987 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The artist Vicky Holton designed this tie. She produces her own ties and designs to order. Here she used thick layers of spirit-based paint.

This tie reflects the fashion for increasingly unusual tie designs that developed in Britain and the USA in the 1980s and 1990s. These ranged from deliberate kitsch to designs by artists.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Painted silk Plain weave
Brief description
Hand-painted silk tie, designed by Vicky Holton, Great Britain, 1987
Physical description
Hand-painted silk tie using an impasto technique and spirit-based paint. With a watch design.
Dimensions
  • Length: 138cm
  • Width: 9
  • Width: 9cm
Credit line
Given by the designer
Object history
Registered File number 1992/148.
Subject depicted
Summary
The artist Vicky Holton designed this tie. She produces her own ties and designs to order. Here she used thick layers of spirit-based paint.

This tie reflects the fashion for increasingly unusual tie designs that developed in Britain and the USA in the 1980s and 1990s. These ranged from deliberate kitsch to designs by artists.
Bibliographic references
  • Hart, Avril. Ties. London: V&A Publications, 1998, p. 117, plate 74
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Accession number
T.41-1992

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2004
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