Perspective Drawing
Hanging
1982 (made)
1982 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Pieced silk hanging composed of pieced sections of white cream tussah and wild silk. Some sections are shaded and spot-patterned in grey painted work. Cream silk border. With an unbleached calico lining complete with display sleeve. The design is derived from typographical characters chopped and re-arranged into a mosaic.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Perspective Drawing (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Tussah and wild silk, painted and lined with calico |
| Brief description | Pieced silk hanging 'Perspective Drawing', designed and made by Dinah Prentice, England, 1982 |
| Physical description | Pieced silk hanging composed of pieced sections of white cream tussah and wild silk. Some sections are shaded and spot-patterned in grey painted work. Cream silk border. With an unbleached calico lining complete with display sleeve. The design is derived from typographical characters chopped and re-arranged into a mosaic. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Estate of William Edwin Clench White |
| Object history | Registered File number 1987/19. At the time of acquisition five preliminary drawings were loaned to the Museum by the designer, which included pencil drawings Perspective Drawing 1 and 2. |
| Bibliographic reference | Parry, Linda, ed. A Practical Guide to Patchwork from the Victoria and Albert Collection. London, 1987 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.2-1987 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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