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Block tartan

FRANCES BURKE FABRICS, Melbourne (manufacturer), Frances BURKE (designer)
Block tartan
 (1960s)

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
79.8 × 88.0 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
inscribed in blue ink, left hand selvedge: BLOCK TARTAN 802 DYED + PRINTED

Accession Number
CT83-1989

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
Tan and olive green screenprinted textile in a block tartan pattern.

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