Showing 9262 items
matching art
Artwork, other (1260)
Ceramic (763)
Decorative object (698)
Drawing (4601)
Mixed media (514)
Painting (2472)
Print (1654)
Sculpture (401)
Textile (1394)
Work on paper (2040)
-
Kew Historical Society Inc
Drawing - Property Illustration, Margaret Picken, 32 Laver Street, Kew, 1997
After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view. (Margaret Picken, 2020)This drawing is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for a number of real estate agents in Melbourne between 1983 and 2005. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020Pen and ink architectural drawing on drafting film of 32 Laver Street, Kew by Margaret Picken.32 LAVER ST., KEW / MARGARET PICKEN '97 / WOODARDS ~ HAWTHORNartist -- margaret picken 1950-, architectural drawings -- houses -- kew (vic.), 32 laver street -- kew (vic.) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Drawing - Property Illustration, Margaret Picken, 52 Findon Crescent, Kew, 1994
This architectural drawing is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for a number of real estate agents in Melbourne between 1983 and 2005. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020Pen and ink architectural drawing on drafting film of 52 Findon Crescent, Kew by Margaret Picken.52 FINDON CRES., KEW / MARGARET PICKEN ~94 / WOODARDS ~ KEWartist -- margaret picken 1950-, architectural drawings -- houses -- kew (vic.), 52 findon crescent - kew (vic). -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Sculpture - Bas-relief, Untitled [Early Agricultural Industries], n.d
Commissioned by State Bank to produce 5 copper bas-reliefs for 73 Percy Street, Portland. Spoke with Miss Betty Vivian (Member of the Portland Historical Society) re Portland's history. Commonwealth Bank stored objects in Melbourne (c.1991). Negotiations between Portland Historical Society and Commonwealth Bank of Australia led to gift of works to People of Portland. Stored at Council depot c.1998, retrieved for Maritime Discovery Centre display.Copper bas-relief depicting two horses pulling a plow, which a man is walking behind and guiding. Three birds are flying close to the ground in the foreground, and there is a stylized sunburst (a partial circular form with radiating lines) depicted in the background. More abbreviated bird forms are depicted against the sun and sky.sculpture, bas-relief, copper -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Blanket, Collins Bros Mill Pty Ltd, 1950s
Collector says: "Once I had gathered a dozen or so blankets, I started noticing the many different labels; where they were made, by who, the logos and fonts used. Then the labels became a thing, then the blankets had to have a label to join the collection. My favourite labels are by Physician, they had at least 4 different labels over the decades but the best has to be the Lady In Bed logo. Physician, Onkaparinga, Eagley and others matched the colour of the label to the colour of the blanket - a nice touch. Strangely, Castlemaine labels were always sewn on the back of the blanket where all the other mills sewed theirs on the front. To this day I always roll or fold a blanket with its label on display.""For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from."Checked blanket, pink, blue and creamPhysician/Standard Chillproof/Pure Wool Blanket/Mothproofed/Made in Australiawool, blanket, blanket fever, physician, collins bros, geelong -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Doyley
Round cream woven d'oyley with white flower in centre and crochet edges.manchester, table linen, handcrafts, crocheting or crochet work -
Camberwell Historical Society
Drawing (series) - Architectural drawing, 72 Brinsley Road, Camberwell, 2002
artist, architectural drawings, margaret picken, camberwell, housesartist, architectural drawings, margaret picken, camberwell, houses -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Print - Framed Fashion Plate, History of Fashion - Present Fashions 1875 and 1876, Present Fashions 1877 and 1878, c.1878
Framed fashion plate showing the 'History of Fashion'.fashion plates, fashion -- 1870s, french fashion -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Drawing, Richards Town Hall Hotel in Main Street Stawell from the P.C. News Supplement 1888 -- Sketch
Richards Town Hall Hotel Main Street Stawell from P.C. News Supplement 1888stawell businesses -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Drawing - Botanical Illustration, Colin Woolcock, Pittosporum Phillyreoides, c. 1990
Unframed pen illustration of Pittosporum Phillyreiodes on white heavy paper.Front: 'C.E.W. Pittosporum Phillyreoides' -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Print, Kaldor, Suzanne, Latrobe Valley, 1987
Donated by the artist, 1987Watercolour, Papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Textile - LINGERIE BAG
Textiles, lingerie or stocking bag. Cream coloured tapestry fabric on both sides. All over pulled thread work to form lattice pattern. All over cross stitch pattern on lattice with cream coloured thread. Cream coloured 5 cm gathered lace edging on four sides. 12 cm opening on one side. Lined with pink cotton fabric. Hand made.textiles, domestic, lingerie bag. -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Drawing - Property Illustration, Margaret Picken, 12 Adeney Avenue, Kew, 1991
After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view. (Margaret Picken, 2020)This drawing is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for a range of real estate agents in Melbourne between c.1983 and c.2005. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020Pen and ink drawing on drafting film of 12 Adeney Avenue, Kew by Margaret Picken. The drawing, created in 1991, was commissioned from the artist by Woodards.12 ADENEY AVE., KEW / MARGARET PICKEN ~91 / WOODARDSartist -- margaret picken 1950-, 12 adeney avenue -- kew (vic.), architectural drawings -- houses -- kew (vic.) -
Stanley Athenaeum & Public Room
Print - Portrait, John Monash
Print of John MonashMade in 1919 -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Textile - Tray Cloth
Large rectangular linen tray cloth. Drawn thread work and hem stitching. Drawn thread in two patterns, both with woven patterns at each corner. All needlework hand done.manchester, table linen -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Drawing (Item) - HS748 Aircraft Finish and Markings
-
Hawthorn Historical Society
Drawing - Property Illustration, 5 Salisbury Grove, Hawthorn, 1993
'After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view.' (Margaret Picken, 2020)This property illustration is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for a range of real estate agents in Melbourne between c. 1983 and c. 2006. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020pen and ink architectural drawing on drafting film. 5 SALISBURY GVE HAW Margaret Picken ©2000 WOODARDS -KEWartist - margaret picken 1950- -
Camberwell Historical Society
Drawing (series) - Architectural drawing, 15 Bowen Street, Camberwell, 2002
artist, architectural drawings, margaret picken, camberwell, housesartist, architectural drawings, margaret picken, camberwell, houses -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Mixed media - Wreck of the TIME, News articles re the wreck of the TIME, c1949 newspapers
Shipwreck & rescueSS TIME wreck, Corsair Reef & Queenscliffe Lifeboat.News articles, photos, map & report re SS TIME wreck at Corsair Reef c1949Reverse " NIL ".historical references -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Small Monkey
Item made by an Italian POW held in Camp 13murchison, camp 13, italian, pow, monkey -
Hawthorn Historical Society
Drawing - Property Illustration, 9 Edgerton Street, Hawthorn, 1993
'After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view.' (Margaret Picken, 2020)This property illustration is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for a range of real estate agents in Melbourne between c. 1983 and c. 2006. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020Pen and ink property illustration on drafting film of 9 Edgerton Street, Hawthorn by Margaret Picken.9 Edgerton Street, Hawthorn, Margaret Picken '93. Woodards - Hawthorn. artist - margaret picken 1950- -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Drawing - Property Illustration, Margaret Picken, 11 Ratten Avenue, Kew East, 2001
After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view. (Margaret Picken, 2020)This drawing is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for real estate agents in Melbourne between 1983 and 2006. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020Pen and ink drawing on drafting film of 11 Ratten Avenue, Kew East, by Margaret Picken.11 RATTEN AVE., KEW E / MARGARET PICKEN (c) 2001 / WOODARDS ~ HAWTHORNartist -- margaret picken 1950-, property illustrations — buildings — kew east (vic.), 11 ratten avenue - kew east (vic.) -
Hawthorn Historical Society
Drawing - Property Illustration, 191 Rathmines Road, Hawthorn East, 1993
'After training as a Cartographic Draftsman within the mining industry, I worked as a property illustrator for real estate firms in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne for 23 years from 1983. I initially photographed houses with a Polaroid camera and made a 'thumbnail' sketch while there. The photos were used to scale off a sketch in pencil and then that sketch was overlaid with drafting film and the 'pen and ink' completed. The pens I used were the Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens. The ink was also made by Rotring (German).The film was ‘Rapidraw’, polyester drafting film, double matte. It takes a very fine line and doesn’t bleed. As well as house sketches, there were often floor plans and site plans ordered. Aerial sketches were ordered when the property needed an overall view.' (Margaret Picken, 2020)This property illustration is one of a series created by Margaret Picken for a range of real estate agents in Melbourne between c. 1983 and c. 2006. Each work is signed and dated by the artist.Gift of Margaret Picken, 2020pen and ink architectural drawing on drafting film.191 RATHMINES RD HAW Picken ©2003 WOODARDS - HAWTHORNartist - margaret picken 1950- -
Moorabbin Air Museum
Drawing (Item) - Hudson Fuselage drawings
-
Moorabbin Air Museum
Drawing (Item) - Bell Helicopter 47-640-052 Drive Installation Tail Rotor
-
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Decorative object - Postcard - framed, Farewell Bougainville
Metal framed postcard of Bougainville. Backing wood, surround/mount mirror. Postcard appears to be adhered to wood backing. Lettering "farewell Bougainville" above photograph of country scene and SWD 1945as above -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Print, Waters, Louisa, Sentiments from Briagolong Correspondent 1888, 2015
Donated by the artist, 2015Silkscreen print on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Textile - Lavender Bag, ca 1910
Small decorative bags containing dried lavender, rose petals and other fragrant flowers and leaves were used to add fragrance to linen and clothing. They were also used to repel insects and help preserve the textile pieces. Fragrant bags were used to freshen the air in rooms and even as a deodorant inside special pockets in ladies' undergarments. In the Words of donor, Betty Stone, … “These crocheted and embroidered articles cover a period of three generations- ie. Sarah (nee Chamberlain) Lees, Ann (nee Lees) Dale, and Daisy Elvena (nee Dale) Welsh. All three were accomplished needlewomen; also, both Sarah Lees (born 1844) and her daughter, Ann (b 1865) crocheted a wide variety of articles for use in their homes. A few examples of these items have survived the years.” It was a tradition for brides to have a 'glory box' containing linen and embroidered articles to take to their new home. Many of the items were made by Daisy, a skilled dressmaker. Daisy began her apprenticeship at two shillings and sixpence per week at Miss A. E. Emery's dressmaking establishment at 150-152 Liebig Street, Warrnambool. Considered to be the leading house of fashion in Warrnambool, Miss Emery employed about eight young women who worked long hours to sew elaborate gowns for clients, including wives of graziers who would attend the race carnivals and social functions in Warrnambool. (NOTE: For additional information please refer to my book Pioneer and Places- A History of Three Warrnambool Pioneering Families ie. Chamberlain, Dale and Lees families)This item is associated with the Warrnambool pioneer families of Chamberlain, Dale and Lees. These families are listed in the Pioneers' Register for Warrnambool Township and Shire, 1835-1900, published by A.I.G.S. Warrnambool Branch. The item is significant for its association with a ‘glory box’ or hope chest’, a tradition of single ladies making and collecting a range of linen and other domestic items in preparation for their future marriage. The item is a fine example of early 20th-century needlework and handmade domestic items.Lavender bag, white crocheted squares, back to back, with a border and a swan design incorporated in crochet. Part of the Chamberlain Dale Lees Collection.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, great ocean road, chamberlain family, dale family, lees family, betty stone, warrnambool pioneer, warrnambool genealogy, wangoom, chamberlain dale lees collection, glory box, handmade, craft, manchester, linen, haberdashery, needlework, crochet, lavender bag, fragrant bag, insect repellant -
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Print, BOWEN, Dean, Moon Dog, 1998
-
Villa Alba Museum
Decorative object - Nursery wallpaper sample, Nursery rhymes, c.1880–c.1900
A wallpaper sample donated to the collection by Frances Alexandra (Frankie) Derham (1894–1987). Derham was an Australian artist and educator. A lecturer in art at the Melbourne Kindergarten Training College (1928-64) , she later taught at the Associated Teacher Training Institution (1949-61). Her commitment to `child art’ developed after 1935 when she accepted an invitation from Margaret Lyttle to teach at Preshil school.Frances Derham's collection of nearly ten thousand children’s drawings and paintings was acquired by the Australian National Gallery in 1976. Her interest in art for and by children is reflected in her donation to the Villa Alba Museum of an important and rare collection of early wallpapers designed for children's rooms. Nursery wallpaper depicting children nursury rhyme characters with excerpts from story texts. Sanitary paper (washable). Originally donated by Frances Derham to Villa Alba Museum via Terry Lane..decorative arts & design, wall coverings – history, wallpapers – history, interior decoration – history, wallpapers -- children's, frances derham, sanitary wallpapers -
Gippsland Art Gallery
Print, Waters, Pat, Taming, 1997
Purchased, 1997Monotype on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection