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Artist/Maker	Alexander McQueen (designed for) Sarah Burton (designer)
Place of origin	London (designed)

Sarah Burton is an English fashion designer and creative director at British fashion house Alexander McQueen.

This bag takes the form of McQueen’s popular ‘knuckle duster’ clutch. It is made from cream leather embroidered with flowers. Two humming birds sit atop the 'knucle duster' clasp, surounded by flowers with two small skulls hidden within.

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Category	Bags
Object type	Bag
Materials and techniques	Leather, silk, metal Tanning (leather), embroidery Leather Silk Metal Tanning Embroidery
Brief description	Bag, designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, London, 2016
Physical description	Clutch bag, cream leather with coloured floral design in silk embroidery. The bag has a metal knuckle-duster clasp fastenings, the clasp is has two hummings birds perched on top and is covered in small clusters of flowers with two skulls hidden within.
Dimensions	Width: 17cm Bag not knuckle duster height: 9.5cm Height including knuckle duster height: 17.5cm Depth: 6.5cm
Credit line	V&A Americas Foundation through the generosity of Christine Suppes
Summary	Sarah Burton is an English fashion designer and creative director at British fashion house Alexander McQueen. This bag takes the form of McQueen’s popular ‘knuckle duster’ clutch. It is made from cream leather embroidered with flowers. Two humming birds sit atop the 'knucle duster' clasp, surounded by flowers with two small skulls hidden within.
Associated object	T.44-2023 (Ensemble)
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.45-2023

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Record created	August 14, 2019
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1507450/bag-sarah-burton/

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