Peter
Pair of Gloves
1997-1999 (made)
1997-1999 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Freddie Robins studied at the Royal College of Art. After some years in the commercial clothing industry, in 1998 she set up her own workshop with help from the Crafts Council. Her work explores ideas beyond the expected scope of clothing by using the sensible practicality of knitting to create pieces that are unwearable. These gloves are from her ongoing Odd Gloves series and allude to characters in the Struwwelpeter story by Heinrich Hoffman. Peter never washed or cut his hair or nails.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Peter (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | machine knitted brown and beige wool |
| Brief description | Pair of brown and beige machine knitted gloves with extremely long fingers and thumbs |
| Physical description | Beige machine knitted gloves with elongated fingers and thumbs in dark brown. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Gallery label |
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| Production | Attribution note: Inspired by the Struwwelpeter story by Henrich Hoffmann - Peter never washed or cut his hands or nails. Reason For Production: Exhibition |
| Summary | Freddie Robins studied at the Royal College of Art. After some years in the commercial clothing industry, in 1998 she set up her own workshop with help from the Crafts Council. Her work explores ideas beyond the expected scope of clothing by using the sensible practicality of knitting to create pieces that are unwearable. These gloves are from her ongoing Odd Gloves series and allude to characters in the Struwwelpeter story by Heinrich Hoffman. Peter never washed or cut his hair or nails. |
| Bibliographic reference | Ruth Pavey, 'Unwearable Tension Freddie Robins's deconstructed knitwear', Crafts, no.156, Sept/Oct 1999, p.36-39. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.620:1&2-1999 |
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| Record created | December 4, 2000 |
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