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Designer: Alec Walker (English)

English

about 1930

Place of Origin: United Kingdom

Medium/Technique Block printed linen

Credit Line Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf

Accession Number2010.1439

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles

ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionCream linen jacket block-printed with allover repeating pattern of tropical landscapes in bright orange, yellow, deep green and light blue. Self fabric belt, and two rhomboid shell buttons. Attributed to Alec Walker of the Cornwall School artist community.

ProvenanceBy 2010, with Leslie Verrinder, Tin Tin Collectables, London; 2010, sold by Verrinder to Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2010, year-end gift of Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: January 26, 2011)