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Filigree & Shadow

Record Sleeve
1986 (published)
Artist/Maker
23 Envelope (design agency)
Beggars Group, Beggars Banquet Records (4AD) (record label)
Grierson, Nigel (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

double 12" long-playing record album 'Filigree & Shadow' recorded by the group This Mortal Coil. The front shows a close-up, black and white, photographic image of half a man's face; the band name and album title are lettered over the image. The back of the sleeve shows a similar image, slightly closer to and with the man's eye closed; it is lettered with the band name, tracklisting, 4AD logo and catalogue number 'DAD 609'.

Object details

Categories
Labels & Packaging
Music
Object type
Record Sleeve
TitleFiligree & Shadow
Materials and techniques
Print (probably offset lithograph) on card
Card
Offset Lithography
Brief description
Cover sleeve for the double 12" long-playing record album 'Filigree & Shadow' recorded by the group This Mortal Coil. Cover design by 23 Envelope, with photography by Nigel Grierson. Published by 4AD, Great Britain, 1986.
Physical description
double 12" long-playing record album 'Filigree & Shadow' recorded by the group This Mortal Coil. The front shows a close-up, black and white, photographic image of half a man's face; the band name and album title are lettered over the image. The back of the sleeve shows a similar image, slightly closer to and with the man's eye closed; it is lettered with the band name, tracklisting, 4AD logo and catalogue number 'DAD 609'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
Measured by DH 23/02/2011
Marks and inscriptions
  • Front of sleeve lettered with band name and album title.
  • Back of sleeve lettered with the band name, tracklisting, 4AD logo and catalogue number 'DAD 609'.
Subjects depicted
Photograph
Man
Associated objects
Other number
DAD 609 - Record label's number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.296-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O177381/filigree--shadow-record-sleeve-grierson-nigel/
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