Mary Yates Bussell b. 1805

Also known as Mrs Patrick Taylor
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Western Australian embroiderer whose pattern books held by the Royal Western Australian Historical Society indicate that she was expert at Ayrshire (Scottish Flowering) white work.
Tags: Embroidery

Citations

  • 'Bussell Papers 1830-1837’, The J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History (139A).

  • Erickson, Dorothy (2000), 'Inspired by Light and Land: Designers and Makers in Western Australia’, unpublished manuscript.

  • Erickson, R. (Ed. & Comp.) (1987), 'The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre-1829-1888 (4 volumes)’, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, volume 1, p. 415.

Initial data sources

  • Western Australian artists, designers & makers (1829-1959)