Dragon
Jumper
1987 (designed and made)
1987 (designed and made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Jay Musson and Stephen Bennington grew up in Salford and moved to London in the 1960s to study at Central St Martins and the Chelsea School of Art. In the early 1970s they began selling samples of handknit, unisex knitwear to Chelsea boutiques. After working initially under the label 'David and Stephen' they established the company Jay Musson Ltd in the late 1970s. From the early 1980s, Musson and Bennington manufactured their designs using modified industrial knitting machines in a workshop in Brixton. They moved production briefly to Italy in the late 1980s.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Dragon (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | cotton and nylon jacquard knit |
| Brief description | Knitted jumper, 'Dragon', designed by Jay Musson and Stephen Bennington, 1987 |
| Physical description | Cotton and nylon jumper, knitted on a jacquard machine. Theground colour is a combination of orange and white threads. A green dragon's face emerges from the centre of the jumper, surrounded by white, purple and red flames. Purple flames, accented with black, continue down both sleeves. The colour is white and the cuffs are densely striped in black, orange, red, blue and white. |
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| Credit line | Donated by Jay Musson and Stephen Bennington |
| Object history | Jay Musson and Stephen Bennington grew up in Salford and moved to London in the 1960s to study at Central St Martins and the Chelsea School of Art. In the early 1970s they began selling samples of handknit, unisex knitwear to Chelsea boutiques. After working initially under the label 'David and Stephen' they established the company Jay Musson Ltd in the late 1970s. From the early 1980s, Musson and Bennington manufactured their designs using modified industrial knitting machines in a workshop in Brixton. They moved production briefly to Italy in the late 1980s. |
| Summary | Jay Musson and Stephen Bennington grew up in Salford and moved to London in the 1960s to study at Central St Martins and the Chelsea School of Art. In the early 1970s they began selling samples of handknit, unisex knitwear to Chelsea boutiques. After working initially under the label 'David and Stephen' they established the company Jay Musson Ltd in the late 1970s. From the early 1980s, Musson and Bennington manufactured their designs using modified industrial knitting machines in a workshop in Brixton. They moved production briefly to Italy in the late 1980s. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.165-2014 |
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| Record created | November 30, 2014 |
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