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Design for scarf

FRANCES BURKE FABRICS, Melbourne (manufacturer), Frances BURKE (designer)
Design for scarf
 (1950s)

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
58.4 × 96.0 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
printed in light green on green cotton u.l.: Frances B.
printed in light green on green cotton u.c.: Frances B.
printed in light green on green cotton u.r: Frances B.
printed in light green on green cotton l.l.: Frances B.
printed in light green on green cotton l.c.: Frances B.
printed in light green on green cotton l.r.: Frances B.

Accession Number
CT70-1989

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
Fine cotton scarf panels, white ground, sea green negative screenprint, six squares of negative designs of waves, sea horses, turtles, kangaroos, squares, noughts and crosses, markings for cutting panels.

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