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Robin Boyd Foundation
Container - Box
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...From a set of 5 hexagonal boxes (items F106-110), this is the second largest one. They are perhaps jewellery boxes. Penleigh Boyd thinks they may have been a gift to Patricia Boyd.Hexagonal lacquer box, blue base, lime lid, black interior. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Container - Box
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...From a set of 5 hexagonal boxes (items F106-110), this is the middle sized one. They are perhaps jewellery boxes. Penleigh Boyd thinks they may have been a gift to Patricia Boyd.Hexagonal lacquer box, blue base, lime lid, black interior. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Container - Box
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...From a set of 5 hexagonal boxes (items F106-110), this is the second smallest one. They are perhaps jewellery boxes. Penleigh Boyd thinks they may have been a gift to Patricia Boyd.Hexagonal lacquer box, blue base, lime lid, black interior. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Container - Box
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...From a set of 5 hexagonal boxes (items F106-110), this is the smallest one. They are perhaps jewellery boxes. Penleigh Boyd thinks they may have been a gift to Patricia Boyd.Hexagonal lacquer box, blue base, lime lid, black interior. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Curtains
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...The curtains are same fabric as the daybed cover (item F104) and some of the cushions (items F088-F092 and F099-F103) located on the Suzy's bed. The windows are east facing.Mustard and white stripe cotton to match bedslip (item 26). Drawstring gathers to south wallwalsh st furnishings, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Blind
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...These are the blinds in Suzy's room, with east facing windows.Roman blind. Mustard and white stripe cotton to match curtains, bedslip etc.walsh st furnishings, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Blind
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...These are the blinds in Suzy's room, with east facing windows.Roman blind. Mustard and white stripe cotton to match curtains, bedslip etc.walsh st furnishings, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Decorative object - Necklace
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...White shell necklace, string strand, 10 shells threaded, 16 loose shells -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Notepad
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...Spiral-bound notepad, 160 pages. On inside back page, "Flip-it" Steno Book 160 pages, No G80"Robin Boyd"walsh st, miscellaneous -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Clipboard with notepad
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...Blue plastic with pockets. 50 sheets of Quarto band typing paper in left pocket. -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Clipboard
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...Blue plastic with pockets. Contains 2 envelopes and plastic -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Decorative object - Ring
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...Metal ring, large metal ball attached to base -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Photograph, Rupert Boyd
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...Rupert Boyd is a grandson of Robin and Patricia Boyd.Colour photographic print. Exterior Australian National Gallery Canberra, looking across water feature to lit interior. Sign on the windows 'The water gallery"On the back "Australian National Gallery, Canberra" photo by Rupert Boyd -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Container - Basket
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...This small basket contained a collection of 49 matchboxes (item F121) from various hotels/restaurants from around the world.Hexagonal woven basket with detached lid, 160mm diameter. Containers a collection of souvenir matchboxes (item F121)walsh st miscellaneous, matchbox, match box -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Souvenir - Matchboxes
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...This collection of souvenir matchboxes from various hotels/restaurants from around the world are contained in a small basket (item F120). Many of these are from 1980s and onwards, and must have been collected by Patricia Boyd/Davies. It is unknown whether some of these are from the period before 1971.Collection of 49 matchboxes from restaurants and hotels around the world.walsh st miscellaneous, matchbox, match box -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Medal - American Institute of Architects Honorary Fellow Medal, The American Institute of Architects, 1960
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...The American Institute of Architects Honorary Fellow Medal to Robin Boyd. See also the accompanying certificate (items D491 and D492).awards, honours, robin boyd, walsh st -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Medal - American Institute of Architects Critic's Medal, The American Institute of Architects, 1973
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...The American Institute of Architects Critic's Medal to Robin Boyd. In 1973 Patricia Boyd went to the AIA Conference in San Francisco to receive this award on behalf of Robin Royd who died in October 1971. The Walsh Street Archive also holds the certificate (item D496) and the event programs (items P1390.1-P1390.3).awards, honours, robin boyd, walsh st -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Medal - C.B.E.-Blue Cross, British Empire, 1971
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...Commander of the British Empire was awarded to Robin Boyd See also the certificate (item D505) -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Medal - Member of Order of Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, 1988
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...Penleigh Boyd wrote this in The Age obituary to Dorothea Patricia Davies AM (3 Jan 1921-5 Nov 2009). "In 1988, Patricia was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her service to opera involving many years of voluntary work on the board of the Australian Opera - work which she greatly enjoyed involving travel, music and meeting many interesting and entertaining people. She was also a life member and former president of the National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association." The Walsh Street Archive also holds the Certificate associated with this honour (item D502).awards, honours, robin boyd, walsh st -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Medal - WWII medals
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...These are Robin Boyd's World War II medals. Robin Boyd commenced full-time war service on 19 November 1941 and was discharged in September 1945. He spent much of his war service preparing maps in the 3rd Field Survey Company in New Guinea and late in the war near Mareeba, Queensland. The Walsh Street Archive also holds the Demobilization Procedure Book (item D457).awards, honours, robin boyd, walsh st -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Opera Glasses
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...Patricia Boyd was on the Board of the Australia Opera for several years. The Walsh St house holds a significant collection of opera recordings. Penleigh Boyd wrote this in The Age obituary to Dorothea Patricia Davies AM (3 Jan 1921-5 Nov 2009). "In 1988, Patricia was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for her service to opera involving many years of voluntary work on the board of the Australian Opera - work which she greatly enjoyed involving travel, music and meeting many interesting and entertaining people. She was also a life member and former president of the National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association." The Walsh Street Archive also holds the Certificate and the medals associated with this honour (items D502 and F126 respectively).opera, patricia boyd, patricia davies, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Camera lens
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...Penleigh Boyd, Robin and Patricia Boyd's son, recalls that "Robin experimented with stereoscopic photography which, when viewed through either polaroid or red/green glasses, produced a three dimensional effect. A special double lens attachment with image splitting mirror was added in front of the normal camera lens to produce a double image similar to the image seen by each left and right eye". Robin experimented with stereoscopic photography when they lived in the 158 Riversdale Road Camberwell.Stereoscopic camera lens in a box with instructions in Japanese and Englishwalsh st miscellaneous, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Plate, Robin Boyd, 1966
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...A set of crockery and cutlery was designed for the Australian Pavilion at Expo 1967 in Montreal Canada. Robin Boyd is thought to have designed the crockery. The cutlery design was by Stuart Devlin (item F131).Expo '67 Plateexpo 67, walsh st miscellaneous, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Cutlery, Stuart Devlin, 1966
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...A set of crockery and cutlery was designed for the Australian Pavilion at Expo 1967 in Montreal Canada. Robin Boyd is thought to have designed the crockery (item F130). The cutlery design was by Stuart Devlin.A sample set of cutlery in a blue fabric cloth casingexpo 67, walsh st miscellaneous, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Tiles
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...The black and gold tiles in the upstairs bathroom are orginal and are a Japanese design. These are twelve spare tiles for this bathroom.Twelve black and gold square tileswalsh st miscellaneous -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Latch
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...The latch from the front of the right hand section of Robin Boyd's desk.walsh st miscellaneous -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Envelope, 1987
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...This envelope contained Heritage 200 Program and Application to Patricia Boyd-Davies (item D349).Baillieu Knight Frank envelopeHeritage 200 Application Bicentennial in handwriting -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Envelope
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...This envelope contained material about Joan Sutherland from Hector Crawford (items D481-1-D481.3).Envelope (addressed to Mr Davies and crossed out)Joan Sutherland in handwriting -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Folder
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...This folder contained a collection of clippings (items P1374.01-P1374.40).Manila folder -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Functional object - Folder
... Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...This folder contained a collection of clippings about Robin Boyd's legacy plus many other topics (items P1375.01-P1375.20).Australian Consolidated Industries Limited Annual Report 1974POP underlined