Not currently on display at the V&A

Shirt

ca. 1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shirt of warp-knitted cotton with a vertical zig-zag design in alternating bands of beige, cream, grey and white. Hip length and shaped slightly to the waist. With a rounded neck and long sleeves gathered onto buttoned cuffs. It buttons down the left front with seven mother-of-pearl buttons from shoulder to hem. Intended to be worn outside the trousers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Knitted cotton and mother-of-pearl buttons
Brief description
Shirt of warp-knitted cotton, designed by Mr Fish, London, ca. 1970.
Physical description
Shirt of warp-knitted cotton with a vertical zig-zag design in alternating bands of beige, cream, grey and white. Hip length and shaped slightly to the waist. With a rounded neck and long sleeves gathered onto buttoned cuffs. It buttons down the left front with seven mother-of-pearl buttons from shoulder to hem. Intended to be worn outside the trousers.
Dimensions
  • Chest circumference: 40in
  • Chest circumference: 102cm
  • From back of neck length: 26.5in
  • From back of neck length: 67cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Peculiar to / Mr Fish / 17 Clifford Street / LONDON W.1 / M' (Maker's label of woven cream silk with red lettering stitched to the inside centre back of the neck.)
Credit line
Given by Mr David Edmond
Object history
Registered File number 1985/1617.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.365-1985

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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