Frances Burke b. 1907

  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Burke founded Australia's first textile screen-printing business, Burway Prints, Melbourne 1937. Established and managed "New Design" retail outlet, founder member Society of Designers for Industry. Her textile designs featured abstract appropriations of Aboriginal designs and Australian fauna and flora.
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exhibited at
Frances Burke fabrics
Date
1996
Place
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Funding the Textile Resource Collection.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
RMIT Gallery program; State Library of Victoria catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Exclusive hand prints/ Francis Mary Burke. Melbourne: RMIT, 1996
12 p: col ill ; 21 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Textiles

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References [<ExternalResource: "Dr Frances Burke" DIA Hall of Fame>]