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Bird and tree

FRANCES BURKE FABRICS, Melbourne (manufacturer), Frances BURKE (designer)
Bird and tree
 1950

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
40.0 × 95.0 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
selvedge, printed in blue on cream cotton: a "Frances Burke" reg design. pure cotton

Accession Number
CT62-1989

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
Cream ground, one colour screenprint consisting of horizontal bands of blue print with motifs of birds and trees in negative print divided by wavy lines.

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