Cow Jacket
Jacket
1998 (made)
1998 (made)
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A long sleeved, wide collared waisted jacket, machine knit by hand on a domestic machine using the jacquard technique with two yarns in one row, black wool and clear nylon thread. When the knitting was completed, the pieces were dipped in a bath of pulp made from paper pattern tissue, on a flat meash mould, coating the knitting. The knitting was then taken out of the pulp bath and the nylon areas given a second coat. The knitting was put on a flat mould to dry. Just before the moisture has evaporated, the pulp is peeled away from the wool areas. The fabric was backed with iron-on interfacing and machine and hand sewn and lined.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Cow Jacket (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Machine knit and sewn wool and nylon thread with applied paper pulp |
| Brief description | Hilary Sussum. 'Cow Jacket', machine knitted in clear nylon and wool, applied paper pulp, British, 1998, Black wool felt skirt. |
| Physical description | A long sleeved, wide collared waisted jacket, machine knit by hand on a domestic machine using the jacquard technique with two yarns in one row, black wool and clear nylon thread. When the knitting was completed, the pieces were dipped in a bath of pulp made from paper pattern tissue, on a flat meash mould, coating the knitting. The knitting was then taken out of the pulp bath and the nylon areas given a second coat. The knitting was put on a flat mould to dry. Just before the moisture has evaporated, the pulp is peeled away from the wool areas. The fabric was backed with iron-on interfacing and machine and hand sewn and lined. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Given by John Allen |
| Bibliographic reference | John Allen and Carin E.M Reinders, eds. Slipstitch+ new concepts in knitting, Dutch Textile Museum, Tilberg, 2000 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.231:1, 2-2001 |
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| Record created | July 26, 2001 |
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