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Dress, from Fall / Winter 2013 collection
This is a Dress. It was designed by Sandra Backlund.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Sandra Backlund as part of Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.
Backlund fabricates volumetric forms that exaggerate and distort the body’s silhouette. “I mean to shape the idea of the body using clothes,” she says. This crocheted dress resembles a soft suit of armor. The natural, undyed cotton emphasizes the garment’s shape. Backlund’s creations flow organically from the techniques and materials of knitting and crochet.
It is credited Courtesy of Sandra Backlund.
- Tassel (Italy)
- linen, wood.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-51-53
- Tassels (Italy)
- linen.
- Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
- 1962-51-47-a,b
- Knotted Chair Chair
- H x W x D: 70.8 x 53.3 x 63.5 cm (27 7/8 x 21 x 25 in.).
- Gift of Cappellini.
- 2008-23-1
Our curators have highlighted 12 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Dress, from Wilderness Embodied Couture collection
- resin, iron filings.
- Courtesy of Iris van Herpen.
- 31.2015.1a
- Drawing, Sculptural Figure on a Pedestal
- pen and black ink, black crayon on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-3420
- Print, Le Salon de 1894, cover Journal des Débats
- lithograph on white paper.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1931-94-6
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.
