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 fauna and flora (often Australian), abstract appropriations of Aboriginal designs and organic forms drawn from nature.
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References [<ExternalResource: "Dr Frances Burke" DIA Hall of Fame>, <ExternalResource: Nanette Carter, Burke, Frances Mary (1904–1994) (2018 entry)>, <ExternalResource: Harriet Edquist, Women of Industry: Frances Burke and Joyce Coffey>] [<ExternalResource: "Dr Frances Burke" DIA Hall of Fame>]
Related recognitions
  • Honorary Doctorate (RMIT) (received)
  • MBE (received)
  • Honorary Doctorate (RMIT) (received)
  • MBE (received)
  • Membership, Design Hall of Fame (received)
Related events
  • Frances Burke fabrics (exhibited at)
  • 7 Designers (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • An exhibition of industrial designs (exhibited at)
  • Frances Burke fabrics (exhibited at)
  • 7 Designers (exhibited at)
  • Women hold up half the sky (exhibited at)
  • Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria annual exhibition 1945 (exhibited at)
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