Dress
1974 (designed)
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Sun-dress of roller-printed cotton. With a full flared skirt, and white pique flaps along the edge of the bodice top, the pocket flaps and pique shoulder straps. The dress buttons down the centre back skirt with a row of large white buttons. Wedge-shaped patch pockets on the front hips. The fabric is a black ground cotton roller-printed with a design of cigarettes and old-style cigarette packets including Player's Navy Cut, Player's Airman, Churchman's Top Score Cigarettes, Churchman's No 1 Cigarettes, Capstan Navy Cut Cigarettes, and Wills' Gold Flake Honeydew. Printed in yellow, red, blue, green and black.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Roller-printed cotton |
Brief description | Sun-dress of roller-printed cotton, designed by Rae Spencer-Cullen, textile made by Squeekers Ltd., England, 1974 |
Physical description | Sun-dress of roller-printed cotton. With a full flared skirt, and white pique flaps along the edge of the bodice top, the pocket flaps and pique shoulder straps. The dress buttons down the centre back skirt with a row of large white buttons. Wedge-shaped patch pockets on the front hips. The fabric is a black ground cotton roller-printed with a design of cigarettes and old-style cigarette packets including Player's Navy Cut, Player's Airman, Churchman's Top Score Cigarettes, Churchman's No 1 Cigarettes, Capstan Navy Cut Cigarettes, and Wills' Gold Flake Honeydew. Printed in yellow, red, blue, green and black. |
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Production type | Ready to wear |
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Accession number | CIRC.442-1974 |
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Record created | January 16, 2008 |
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