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Red pants

Greetings Card
2002 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This card is an example of one of twenty-four designs presented in Zuva Originals' 'In Our Coats' range. The handmade cards use vibrantly coloured synthetic media to depict playful scenes and fanciful characters. The cards are designed with a deliberate element of kitsch.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRed pants (generic title)
Materials and techniques
PVC stitched to synthetic fur and paper card
Brief description
Valentine by Zuva Originals
Physical description
Contemporary greetings card whose surface is decorated with PVC cut-out designs. The design on red paper card consists of a red synthetic fur surface onto which two pairs of underpants appear, one above the other, with contrasting heart-shaped decoration. The yellow pair of pants bears an appliquéd red heart and the blue pair, a yellow heart. The pattern is made from PVC stitched onto the fur-mounted backing card with thread.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.4cm
  • Width: 10.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Hand Made and Printed Cards/ Zuva Originals/ 01 235 529444/ Please Recycle (1) Makers's mark; English; lower centre on reverse)
  • In Our Coats (Label; English; lower centre on reverse)
Credit line
Given by the maker
Subjects depicted
Summary
This card is an example of one of twenty-four designs presented in Zuva Originals' 'In Our Coats' range. The handmade cards use vibrantly coloured synthetic media to depict playful scenes and fanciful characters. The cards are designed with a deliberate element of kitsch.
Collection
Accession number
E.285-2002

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Record createdOctober 29, 2003
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