Cat's Cradle
Dress
1969 (designed)
1969 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
Pink dress, made from rayon 'linen', trimmed with lace and decorated with shiny plastic white buttons. The dress is sleeveless and short with a slight 'A'-line.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Cat's Cradle (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Label states the dress is rayon. Information from the Ginger Group states it's 'Rayon Linen'. |
| Brief description | Dress, pink with lace trim around neckline and hem, designed by Mary Quant for Ginger Group, England, 1969 |
| Physical description | Pink dress, made from rayon 'linen', trimmed with lace and decorated with shiny plastic white buttons. The dress is sleeveless and short with a slight 'A'-line. |
| Dimensions | |
| Marks and inscriptions | label reads 'Ginger group', 'size 9'. |
| Object history | This dress was designed by Mary Quant for Ginger group and retailed as part of the Spring Collection 1969. Information on the back of a press photo (part of Quant's archive) calls the design 'Cat's Cradle' and prices the garment at £6.1.0d. It states the design is available in sizes 5-13 and in multiple colour ways (Pink, Navy, Jade, Grey, White, Ecru, Green). It was advertised as 'a very easy, wearable, flatteringly cut dress in washable Rayon Linen trimmed with ecru lace, and lots of shiny ball buttons…….A real cool number!!' in the press release dedicated to the dress. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.2348-2021 |
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| Record created | July 13, 2018 |
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