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Artwork Quilt: Eternity this artwork made of Plain and printed cotton, pieced, stitched and quilted with applied sequins, created in 1990-01-01

Quilt: Eternity 1990
Artwork Fan this artwork made of Mother of pearl guards with gold and silver decoration and with green and pink bobbin lace, created in 1860-01-01

Fan c.1860-70
Artwork Textile length with roundels of foliage and butterflies this artwork made of Pale green silk damask weave, created in 1900-01-01

Textile length with roundels of foliage and butterflies c.1900-50
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Embroidered panel: Aurora 1969
Artwork Kothali (dowry bag) this artwork made of Cotton, mirrors, silk, button, beads

Kothali (dowry bag) c.1960s
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Textile length: Tharrkarri (Honey grevillea) 1993
Artwork Construction: Teepee Whirl this artwork made of Woven bamboo, rayon, wool and linen thread with bamboo support in three sections, created in 1982-01-01

Construction: Teepee Whirl 1982
Artwork Lace length this artwork made of Linen needle run lace. Machine made ground with darned lace pattern. Machine made picot edging attached

Lace length

Artwork Sea of Plenty this artwork made of Commercial cotton fabric, block printed, created in 2010-01-01

Sea of Plenty 2010
Artwork Kothali (dowry bag) this artwork made of Cotton, silk, mirrors

Kothali (dowry bag) c.1960s
Artwork Sampler this artwork made of Embroidery, half cross stitch on even weave ground background. Poly-chrome on black, created in 1900-01-01

Sampler c.1900-50
Artwork Collar this artwork made of Linen machine made lace, created in 1870-01-01

Collar c.1870-1930
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Presentation tapa c.1985
Artwork Quilt: It's not all sweetness and light this artwork made of Plain cream commercial cotton and red glazed chintz in non-traditional 'log cabin' patchwork, created in 1983-01-01

Quilt: It's not all sweetness and light 1983
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Textile length: Clover's blue 1981
Artwork Fan this artwork made of Ivory sticks with organdie painted with a bird, butterflies, and a flower with silk tassel. One stick carved with a butterfly and coloured, created in 1880-01-01

Fan c.1880-90
Artwork Torres Strait at war this artwork made of Commercial cotton fabric, block and screen printed, created in 2010-01-01

Torres Strait at war 2010
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Handkerchief 1935-60
Artwork Fan this artwork made of Ivory mount and lace bark (Largetta linteria) and the winged seeds of French cotton (Calotropis procea). The border is the spathe of the cabbage palm (Oreodoa oleracea). The tassel fibre is made from Bromelia pinguin, created in 1870-01-01

Fan c.1870-1900
Artwork Shipwrecks this artwork made of Commercial cotton fabric, block and screen printed, created in 2010-01-01

Shipwrecks 2010
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Cotton toile: Primavera 1988
Artwork Lace length this artwork made of Cotton, created in 1800-01-01

Lace length c.1800-1900
Artwork Collar this artwork made of Linen machine made lace, created in 1870-01-01

Collar c.1870-1930
Artwork Kothali (dowry bag) this artwork made of Cotton, mirrors, silk, beads

Kothali (dowry bag) c.1960s
Artwork Textile arts this artwork made of Silk plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft, created in 2006-01-01

Textile arts c.2005
Artwork Textile fragment this artwork made of Worsted spun linen twill with crewel embroidery in polychrome wool. Braid attached, created in 1560-01-01

Textile fragment c.1560-1600
Artwork Large kothali (dowry bag) this artwork made of Cotton, mirrors, silk, beads

Large kothali (dowry bag) c.1960s
Artwork Propaganda (The red word is Iraq and the rest are saying: we can see you. Don't use your nuclear or biologicals or chemical weapons!) this artwork made of Embroidered textiles, created in 2009-01-01

Propaganda (The red word is Iraq and the rest are saying: we can see you. Don't use your nuclear or biologicals or chemical weapons!) 2009
Artwork Textile portion this artwork made of Silk damask, the cream ground brocaded with a floral pattern in silk, created in 1760-01-01

Textile portion c.1770
Artwork Collar this artwork made of Horniton linen lace, created in 1870-01-01

Collar c.1870-1900