Black opal Lightning Ridge poncho
1981
- Medium
- screenprinted polycotton
- Measurements
- 120.0 cm (centre back) 88.5 cm (width at hem)
- Place/s of Execution
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Accession Number
- CT31-1992
- Department
- Australian Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1992
© Linda Jackson/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Jackson first visited the opal mining towns of Lightning Ridge and Yowah in northern New South Wales in 1980 and since then she has retained a connection to the area, returning to the opal festival each year. Over the years the opal has remained a deep source of inspiration for Jackson, and along with her fashion collections, she has created opal jewellery and also a perfume called Opalessence. In the Flaming Opal Follies parade of 1981, which was to be Jackson and Kee’s last combined parade, creations titled Boulder opal, Black opal and Yowah nut graced the catwalk.
- Physical description
- Reversible long poncho with a high cowl collar. One side screenprinted with the black opal design in various colours from silver, purple, brown, white, pink, and black reflecting the colours of the landscape. The reverse side screen printed with the rainbow opal design in various bright colours, red, orange, purple, turquoise, blue and green.