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Muriel Cornish

(Australia 1893–13 Jul 1945)

Title
D'oyley with eucalypt design Design for d'oyley with eucalypt design
Year
1919
Media categories
Textile, Drawing
Materials used
embroided linen ink on paper
Dimensions

58.0 x 81.5cm overall [mount]:

a - design drawing; 20 x 20cm; image (irreg.)

b - d'oyley; 19.5 x 19.5cm; d'oyley (irreg.)

a - design drawing; 21 x 21cm; sight

b - d'oyley; 21 x 21cm; sight

a - design drawing; 26 x 25.1cm; sheet

b - d'oyley; 25.4 x 74cm; support Note that this d'oyley is adhered to the same support

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1922
Accession number
1302.a-b
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (2)

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Alisa de Torres (Author), Australian decorative arts, Domain, 1991, 25 (illus.). cat.no. 114 & 115

Jackie Menzies (Australia) (Author), Project 24: Cicadas and Gumnuts -The Society of Arts and Crafts 1906-1935, Sydney, 1978. cat.no. 25; titled 'Three d'oyley's with Christmas bells, waratah and eucalypt designs'; Collection of Art Gallery of New South Wales

Exhibition history (2)

Project 24 - Cicadas and Gumnuts: The Society of Arts and Crafts 1906-1935 (1978), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 01 Apr 1978–07 May 1978.

Flora and Fauna - Australian Decorative Art from the Gallery's Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 Apr 1998–20 Jun 1998.