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Portrait

Raincoat
1990-1991 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Vivienne Westwood (designer)
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Women's raincoat of rubberised cotton, printed with a detail taken from Fragonard's Swarm of Cherubs (ca.1767).


Object details

Categories
Fashion
Womenswear
Object type
Raincoat
TitlePortrait (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Printed rubberised cotton
Cotton
Rubber
Printing
Brief description
Women's raincoat 'Portrait' of printed rubberised cotton, designed by Vivienne Westwood, Great Britain, 1990-1991
Physical description
Women's raincoat of rubberised cotton, printed with a detail taken from Fragonard's Swarm of Cherubs (ca.1767).
Production typeReady to wear
Credit line
Given by Vivienne Westwood
Object history
Registered File number 1991/2080.
Production
Autumn / Winter collection 1990-1991
Subject depicted
Cherubs
Associated object
T.29-1992
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.193-1991

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O353908/portrait-raincoat-vivienne-westwood/
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