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Love thy nature, fabric length

Matthew FLINN (designer)
Love thy nature, fabric length
 1991

Medium
screenprinted cotton/linen

Measurements
500.0 × 137.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1998

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Accession Number
1998.65

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
The cotton/linen fabric is printed with an overall repeat pattern on a natural ground. Printed in eggshell blue with a stylised sun pattern, there are randomly placed flowers and insects including bottlebrush, tulips and bees in bright red, purple, green and blue.

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