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Shields

FRANCES BURKE FABRICS, Melbourne (manufacturer), Frances BURKE (designer)
Shields
 1945

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
94.3 × 87.7 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Dr. Frances Burke, 1989
© Courtesy RMIT Design Archives

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Accession Number
CT29-1989

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Two coloured screenprinted textile. Cream ground with large red-brown angular cut out shapes and small grey-brown daubs in repeating pattern.

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