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Harlequin

FRANCES BURKE FABRICS, Melbourne (manufacturer), Frances BURKE (designer)
Harlequin
 (1950s)

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
1066.0 × 89.5 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
left selvedge, printed (in negative) in gold on white cotton: a New Design fabric

Accession Number
CT75-1989

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 gold metallic diamonds in diamond repeat. Alternating pairs of diamonds have negative 'sprig' design.

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