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Shields

FRANCES BURKE FABRICS, Melbourne (manufacturer), Frances BURKE (designer)
Shields
 1965

Medium
screenprinted cotton

Measurements
(a) 264.0 × 115.0 cm
(b) 264.0 × 115.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the State Library of Victoria, 1990
© Courtesy RMIT Design Archives

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Accession Number
CT30.a-b-1990

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
Curtains, both with screenprinted design of shields on cream ground in black, brown and beige. Five pinch-pleats evenly spaced at the top edge and a weight in each of the two bottom edge corners.

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