This is the same gimp as on the curtains. Probably saved because it was beautiful and expensive, but inherently decontextualised from its original historic use.The detached gimp has some (but perhaps not much) historical significance, having some association with highly decorated suite of curtains DAD-035-0001. Length of decorative upholstery gimp, unpicked from original curtains and wound onto a piece of card for storage. Gimp is a type of upholstery trim. a flat tape made up of threads or fine cords forming a wave or chain design, held in place by another wavy cord to produce an openwork, geometric braid. In this item, the cords are respectively light blue and metallic gold (much of it tarnished to silvery colour). The gimp is en suite with the set of curtains and their ornaments (qv) - another luxurious trimming for expensive furnishings.upholstery trimmings

Advertisement for Dollar Curtains, 35 Main Street Greensborough, 1987.Digital copy of newspaper advertisement, black text and image.dollar curtains, main street greensborough

Part of Comedy Festival 1995 with comedians Colin Lane and Frank Wood, produced by Lano and Woodley. Special thanks to Micheal Wild,Yuri Worontschak, Zhodi Cummings, Marni Foulis.Black and White flyercomedy festival, curtains, athenauem theatre ii

Used in a house in the Orbost district.Two coffee coloured openweave curtains with a scalloped fringe around the bottom. manchester - furnishings

Made and donated by Marjorie McKeown (nee Ford). This item is an example of a home-made item and reflects the needlework skills of women in the ffirst half of the 20th century when women's focus was the home and its decoration was important. Two black curtains made of heavy material. One is a straight curtain with a pocket hem and the other is smaller, with a curved lower hem and a deep black fringe. Both curtains have been decorated with large appliqued flowers and birds.home-decoration womens-handcrafts

Frances Burke: Designer of Modern Textiles Australia’s most influential and celebrated textile designer of the mid-20th century, Frances Burke (1904-1994), employed Australian native flora, garden flowers, marine subjects, Indigenous culture and increasingly, abstract motifs in her stunning modern fabrics. A confident, determined designer and businesswoman; Burke made the shift from fine art to design in 1937. While she began by designing dress fabrics for Melbourne’s fashionable Georges Department store, printing them on linen using lino blocks, she was an early adopter of the screen-printing process and during the war years began printing on cotton. Burke’s furnishing fabrics took their place in influential modern buildings Australia-wide through collaborations with leading architects and interior designers. They included Robin Boyd’s 1949 House of Tomorrow, Roy Grounds’ Quamby flats, Guilford Bell’s Royal Hayman Island Resort for Ansett Airlines, and Yuncken, Freeman Brothers, Griffiths and Simpson’s Canberra Civic Centre Theatre. In the post-war period, Burke made regular trips to the United States and Europe, on her return advising homeowners and manufacturers on the latest trends in products, colours and home design in lectures and interviews. At New Design her fabric showroom and interior design consultancy Burke introduced furniture by emerging designers Clement Meadmore and Grant Featherston in the early 1950s and presented local and imported homewares, mostly from the United States. She was enthusiastic about the convenient and comfortable lifestyle experienced by ordinary American women. Her fabrics and advice were regularly featured in Australian Home Beautiful, Australian House and Garden and the newspapers of the day. Some of Burke’s designs had remarkable longevity. Tiger Stripe (1938) for example, continued to be produced in a wide range of colours until 1970 and Crete (1946) remained a popular choice for interiors into the 1960s. Drawing from a rich variety of sources including Indigenous culture in Goanna (c.1954) and Pacific Island tapa cloth designs in Bird and Tree (1940), Burke also looked to Japan in designs such as Plum Blossom (1948) and Zen (1965). She loved exploring the potential of native flora, seen in designs including Waratah (1955) and Flannel Flower (1955), while garden flowers were the source for many other designs including Belladonna (1940), Periwinkle (n.d.) and Rose (1947). Burke’s clever interplay of a single striking printed colour with lively gestural lines revealing the white base fabric, gave her designs a vibrancy that characterised the optimistic post-war era. This can be seen in Burke’s fabrics for Hayman Island including Angel Fish and Seapiece (both 1949) which expressed the freshness and excitement of the luxurious new tropical resort and led to further commissions. Burke’s three decades in business (1937-1970) were an unparalleled success in the story of Australian design. Her fabrics have been collected by the NGA, the Powerhouse Museum, NGV, RMIT Design Archives and Sydney Living Museums in addition to Ararat Gallery TAMA. Written by Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs.

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

Belonged to Donor's parents in their home in Blackburn.Small leaflet showing net curtainsWhite Light and Lovely New Nets for your Homecurtains, decorating, 1960s

William Turner, a Scottish born free-lance designer, who was contracted to GP&J Baker, painted the image on which the design was based in 1918. Turner had trained as a furniture designer before leaving for London in the 1890s, where he rose to prominence as an Arts & Crafts designer. The bird that gives this design its name is adapted from Robert Havell’s ‘A Collection of Birds of Paradise’, published in 1835, and was a favourite of Victorian chintz designers.“Paradise Bird” has been in continuous production since its creation. The hand-block print, of which these curtains are an early example, was supplemented by a version engraved on copper rollers in 1962, and was updated onto screens in 1982. The curtains have significance to the collection because of their intrinsic value and for the link to one of the historic mansions in the City of Boroondara. The curtains by G.P & J Baker of London use one of the exemplary designs in this manufacturer’s output. The first use of the design was in 1918, following the Great War, and the design is said to reflect the hope for peace which was a feature of the postwar years. The curtains are an early example of the Paradise Bird design, and were block printed. A pair of curtains originally situated in one of the front reception rooms of 'Tourmont' in Balwyn Road, Balwyn (now Fintona Girls’ School). The fabric in the curtains was manufactured by the English firm of GP&J Baker. The textile design is variably named as ‘Paradise Bird’ or more recently, ‘Hydrangea Bird’. Turner’s bird perches in a blossoming branch directly above a woodpecker, which is an attribute of Mars, god of war. Thus the design reads as a symbolic statement where War is reversed and Paradise returns (a hopeful message at the end of WWI). “Paradise Bird” has been in continuous production since its creation. . curtains, fabric design, historic buildings

Lightweight curtains like this were used in homes in the 1900's to filter the light and decorate the home.White cotton broderie anglaise curtain with feature embroidery, cutwork and needle lace. Has one small strip of small four dot pattern above wide pattern. Finished with a scalloped edge. Has 5cm casing at top for a curtain rod.curtains, window accessories, textiles, furnishings, soft furnishings

Cream mesh curtain with scalloped edges. Wide pattern of cream embroidery at lower edge.manchester, furnishings

Cream crochet lace curtainmanchester, furnishings

Part of a suite of decorated curtains, DAD-035-0001 to DAD-035-0005Though partial and damaged, these decorative 'ropes' are historically significant as evidence of further elaborate decoration of the curtain ensemble.2 lengths of decorative trimming; one piece longer (5.4m) than the other (4.5m). Essentially composed as long thin ropes of gold-coloured silk satin, stuffed with cotton wool, and twisted with a narrow gold-coloured woven metal braid. They function as soft, loose cords for ornamental draping around/in front of the curtains, perhaps on a pelmet (though no pelmet of valance survives). The longer piece contains 3 groups of furniture tacks for pinning the cord to enable loose, draped sections. interior decoration, curtain accessories, interior decoration - history

Black and white photograph with a white border. Image is taken from inside the main hall of the Mission to Seafarers Melbourne depicting the stage with its curtains, the floorboard, chairs.window, jukebox, main-hall, wainscote, wood-panelling, arch, chairs, mission to seafarers, mission to seamen, music, floorboards, flowers, flying angel club, stage, curtains

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

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

Seafarer playing snooker in the Billiard Room.This photograph shows that the room marked "Billiard Room" in gold lettering on the door, was once used exclusively for that purpose, although no longer. Billiards was once a very popular pastime for visiting seafarers. The billiard table has long since gone and the room is now used as a karaoke and music room. There is still the option of playing pool or table tennis but these have been moved out in the main hall.Black and white photograph of a man leaning across the billiard table in the Billiard Room of the Mission to Seafarers Melbourne. The man is aiming to take his shot. There are curtains covering the windows in the background and pendants lights handing down over the table. There is a couch against the rear wall of the Billiard Room.Pen on reverse of photograph: "2" enclosed in a circle.couch, curtains, pendant-lighting, billiard, billiard room, balls, pool, seamen, sailors, seafarers, seamen's mission, mission to seafarers, flinders street, melbourne, billiard table, billiard cue

On the 27th of May, 1994, the foundation plaque of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's new headquarters was unveiled. Named the Percy Baxter Arthritis Centre, the official unveilling was conducted by the Premier of Victoria, the Honourable Jeff Kennett (1948-). Located at 263-265 Kooyong Rd, Elsternwick, the construction of the new building was nearing completion. This photo is a close up of the foundation plaque hanging on a board between two gold curtains.COL close up photo of a bronze plaque hanging from a chain on a board. The board has two gold curtains which have been drawn open to reveal the plaque. The text on the plaque is: "ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF VICTORIA IN... [partially obscured] THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE FOUNDATION OF TH... [partially obscured] PERCY BAXTER ARTHRITIS CENTRE AND WAS UNVEILED ON THIS DAY THE 27TH MAY, 1994 BY THE HONOURABLE JEFF KENNETT, MLA PREMIER OF VICTORIA FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT DR LES KOADLOW CHAIRMAN BUILDING APPE... [partially obscured] WILLIAM L DIX, AO".[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in black ink] May, 1994 Opening Percy Baxter Centrearthritis foundation of victoria, afv, percy baxter arthritis centre, new building, new premises, foundation plaque, unveiling, bronze plaque, easel, gold curtains, 1994

Colour photographs X 2 (one large & one smaller) of an interior room showing a desk, chair with 2 windows either side with lace curtains & tied back red curtains, and a possible view into another room from behind the chair.fortuna villa, lansell

This photograph was published in the Port of Melbourne Quarterly (July-September 1959) held in the Mission's archives.Small black and white photograph depicting a band playing on stage in the Mission's hall: from left to right three male musicians sitting down: a drummer, a saxophonist and the pianist, behind the saxophonist is standing a female singer singing with a microphone on a stand. Behind the band the curtains are drawn, in front of them the stage is decorated with 3 vases of large flowers.orchestra, music, band, dance, drums, saxophone, microphone, flowers, female singer, singer, concert, entertainment, events, stage, curtains

Student nurse in Prac room with skeleton2 black and white photographs of trainee nurse standing with a skeleton in front of a bench with pattern curtains in the background.nursing information, nursing training

Glenelg Shire Council RecordsColour photograph of 13 men and 2 women standing or seated behind a long curved table, in front of blue curtains.Front: Portland City Council, 1991/92 / Councillors and Corporate Team (top centre, typed). Left to Right: Back Row Standing - Cr. Robert Menzel, Ross Morgan (Director Technical Services), Cr. Bernard Wallace, Cr. Murray Box, Bill Hebb (Director Community Services) and Trevor Hornby (Director Corporate Services). Centre Row Standing: Cr. Bill Collett, Cr. Lynn Murrell, Cr. Keith Wilson and Lelia Pop (Town Planner). Front Row Seated - Greg Trevaskis (Chief Executive), Cr. Kay Frankcom, Cr. Jeffrey Baulch (Mayor), Cr. Michael Noske (Deputy Mayor) and Neil Buckingham (Director Planning & Development).

The eighteen men are assembled at the Greek Returned Servicemen's League hall which was located in Russell Street, Melbourne. The honour board, erected in memory of Greek soldiers, features battle fields where the Greek army participated from 1821, the beginning of Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire, through to World War 2 and the Italian and German occupation of Greece. The man seated in front in an army uniform is an American serviceman. Seated fourth from the left is Spiros E. Raftopoulos who was president of the organisation from 1944 - 1968. Today the Hellenic RSL sub-Branch of Victoria represents and supports the Greek Australian veteran community. In 1978 the organisation joined the Returned and Services League of Australia. The Hellenic RSL sub-Branch commemorates all the Greek and Australian national days each year and proudly marches on Anzac Day in Melbourne, alongside veterans from the wars of Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan and earlier wars. On Anzac Day 2013 members of the IPS took part in the Anzac Day march for the first time. Greek national days are commemorated with wreath-laying ceremonies inside the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, at which the IPS participates.A black and white photograph of eighteen men seated and standing in front of an honour board, which has curtains on either side of it.

Two copies of photographs of the Lyric theatre in 1954, the first showing the frontage, the second the old stage and curtains at the time of the cinemascope installation.entertainment, theatre, lyric

Port of Portland Authority archives.Front: (no inscriptions) Back: Inside Timber Treatment Plant Dartmoor (upper left, pencil). Photography by The Arthur Studio. Further copies always obtainable at 27 Commercial St. East, Mt Gambier. (lower right purple stamp), (10 lower right, pencil).port of portland archives