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Tiger lily

FRANCES BURKE FABRICS, Melbourne (manufacturer), Frances BURKE (designer)
Tiger lily
 1951

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
62.5 × 120.7 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

Inscription
lower selvedge, printed in mushroom on white: "TIGER LILY" a "Frances Burke Design"

Accession Number
CT165-1989

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
Single colour screenprint. Mushroom print with negative design of tiger lilies within large divided square and rectangle shapes.

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