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Sea horses

FRANCES BURKE FABRICS, Melbourne (manufacturer), Frances BURKE (designer)
Sea horses
 (1940s)

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
42.7 × 87.4 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

Inscription
right selvedge, printed in mustard on cream cotton: a 'Frances Burke' reg desig (...illeg.)

Accession Number
CT159-1989

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
Cotton furnishing fabric, mustard screenprint repeat pattern of seahorses, fish, wavy line.

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