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Broadhurst, Florence, b. 1899

Acclaimed singer, dancer, actress, artist and designer. Broadhurst was most well known for her vibrant wall-paper designs which were sought after in Australia and internationally ...

Dahl Collings was a painter, commercial artist, graphic and exhibition designer, illustrator, costume and textile designer, photographer and documentary film-maker. Often working in partnership with ...

Craven, Mary

Designer who began working with Berlei Hestia Ltd. in 1915.

Little, Jeanne, b. 1938

Little began her career as a fashion designer with a dress-making shop in 5-Ways, Paddington under the name Jeanne Mitchell. Her mother had worked as ...

Murdoch, Lotti

Designer for Berlei Hestia Ltd. c.1950s.

Taplin, Bea, b. 1911

Taplin was an interior designer and textile designer working from a studio in Toorak Road, South Yarra, later "Colour Cottage", Murphy Street, South Yarra. Her ...

Vercoe, Elizabeth

Vercoe is a textile designer and the winner of the 1972 Dunhill Industrial Design Award for a series of printed textile designs for Sheridan-Tennyson Fabrics ...

Grounds, Betty

Betty Grounds is a designer active in fashion and interiors. Grounds was a partner in Zara Holt's fashion boutique, Melbourne from 1948. On one documented ...

Stansfield, Jill

Stansfield was a textile designer, initially working for commercial firms such as Clunes Ross Packman and Comspring Fabrics. The designer was noted for her colour ...

Thorn, Sara

Thorn worked as a designer as part of Slorach and Thorn, Melbourne. They produced textile designs, accessory designs and graphic works.

de Vocht, Shirley, b. 1929

De Vocht was a designer working across textiles and ceramics in the Sydney region. She was especially adept in rendering native flora and fauna. She ...

Hurley, Desolie, b. 1925

Hurley was the chief design for Berlei Ltd from 1954 - 1970. Her best known work, the "Mink Bra" was celebrated in the daily press.

Foster, Una, b. 1912

Foster was a painter, printmaker and textile artist. She studied at East /Sydney Technical College (diploma 1934), later in England 1950-51. Her work was widely ...