Not on display

Dress Fabric

1970-71 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Piece of synthetic jersey printed with a design of white clouds against a shadow fading sunset background, going from pink to orange to yellow and back. Remains of seams suggest that this was originally part of the lining to a garment back.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printed synthetic jersey
Brief description
Dress fabric, cloudy sky at sunset design. Marijke Koger for Astrobeams, 1970-71
Physical description
Piece of synthetic jersey printed with a design of white clouds against a shadow fading sunset background, going from pink to orange to yellow and back. Remains of seams suggest that this was originally part of the lining to a garment back.
Dimensions
  • Approx. width: 104cm
  • Approx. height: 100cm
Due to elastic nature of fabric and raw edges, it is difficult to be certain of dimensions.
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Ben Stagg
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Published in Cullen, O, Pop Patterns, V&A, London 2011
Collection
Accession number
T.57-2008

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Record createdSeptember 8, 2008
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