Peacock outfit
1983
- Medium
- silk (satin), (chiffon), peacock feathers
- Measurements
- (a) 87.0 cm (centre back) 108.0 cm (width at hem) (poncho)
(b) 91.0 cm (centre back) 34.0 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 118.0 cm (outer leg) 36.0 cm (waist, flat) (pants)
(d) 14.5 × 167.5 cm (cummerbund)
(e) 81.0 × 39.0 cm (panel)
(f) 81.0 × 38.0 cm (panel)
(g) 43.0 × 55.5 cm (panel)
(h) 38.0 × 35.0 cm (panel)
(i) 35.0 × 35.0 cm (panel)
(j) 72.0 × 16.5 cm (panel)
(k) 72.0 × 17.5 cm (panel)
(l) 2.0 × 41.0 × 31.0 cm (headpiece) - Place/s of Execution
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Accession Number
- CT2.a-l-1994
- Department
- Australian Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1994
© 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
-
Like many of Jackson’s works, Peacock outfit is made up of many complex parts which can be arranged in a different manner each time the outfit is worn. The finely stitched and padded irregular shapes take their form on the body. The silk chiffon veil, hand-painted by Deborah Leser, is secured with a feathered wreath. Jackson modelled this herself when it was first shown 1983.
- Physical description
- Outfit comprising twelve separate parts. (a) Silk chiffon poncho hand-painted by Deborah Leser with colour gradations varying from violet, pink, blue, emerald to turquoise. (b) Bright blue, heavily pleated skirt attached to waistband and fastening at rear. (c) Bright blue silk satin pants with elastic waistband, tapering to ankle. (d) Bright blue, silk satin reversible cummerbund with ten triangular details sewn across the centre front. (e) Bright blue silk satin tie-on panel with three-leaf stitch detail. (f) Bright blue silk satin small tie-on panel with four-leaf stitch detail. (g) Bright blue silk satin small tie-on panel with four-leaf stitch detail. (h) Bright blue silk satin medium tie-on panel with six-leaf stitch detail. (i) Bright blue silk satin large tie-on panel with nine-leaf stitch detail. (j) Bright blue silk satin large tie-on panel with eight-leaf stitch detail. (k) Bright blue silk satin long, thin tie-on panel with four-leaf stitch detail. (l) Bright blue silk satin tie-on panel with four-leaf stitch detail.