Blue embroidery on white linen with a special stitch for the border. School work.

Used at St Brigid's Crossley during 20th CenturyWhite linen tunic reaching to the knees, with moderately wide sleeves. Crocheted lace trim with pascal lamb symbol and crossecclesiastical clothing

THE HOUSE OF YOUTH label was founded c.1935) by Mr. Samuel Stein. By 1955 Mrs. Stein, his son, Philip, and his daughter, Elizabeth, all played an active part in the business. The connection with Dior came to them without seeking. Dior, that man of fashion genius, had come to the conclusion that the Australian market offered a scope he could not afford to ignore. He questioned many visitors to Paris and decided that the House of Youth was the obvious channel through which his designs should flow to the Australian woman. Completely versatile, this firm is capable of covering every phase of fashion production, from impeccably tailored suits and coats to softly draped, intricately cut dresses and evening gowns. Mr. Philip Stein was modest when asked what Dior thought of their copies, but confessed that Dior, had been "very flattering". Dior had-been greatly impressed with the standard of Australian craftsmanship, and, as a result of the success of this joint Parisian-Australian fashion venture, it is whispered that the great man himself is seriously contemplating a visit to Australia. (Source: The Argus 22 Feb 1955)Unlined pale grey linen two-piece suit with a fabric belt attached. The suit has the label "House of Youth Model" which may indicate that it is a licensed copy of a French original.Label: "House of Youth Model"women's clothing, australian fashion - 1950s, dresses, house of youth

Over 150 years old in 1970. Donor,Joe Herman was a blacksmith, painter and signwriter in Orbost. Local footballer. Married Elsie Winchester This item is an example of a handcrafted item and reflects the needlework skills of women in the families of the early settlers.Cloth of fine hand-woven linen. all white with fine hem.linen manchester-table-linen handcrafts weaving

60 inch linen measuring tapeDean Linen Made in England

small quantity of Irish linen fabric from No.2 Air Park Bankstown where many Ansons were repaired and overhauled during the waraircraft covering fabric, Irish linenlinen, fabric, irish linen, dixon, avro anson

White cotton laundry bag with tie. Embroidered with the word Linen and leaves. Red embroidered marker at endEmbroidered word: LINENlaundry bags, household textiles

The Tawonga branch of the C.W.A. commenced on the 7th Feb. 1946 and often combined activities with the other branches in the Kiewa Valley. The C.W.A. aimed to improve health, welfare and education for women and children in the country.Women living in Tawonga were mostly on farms and, in 1946, when the branch commenced would have been feeling more remote with WW11 having had an effect of available workers and the well being of the women and children. This tea towel would have been used at a later date possibly for fund raising as the group continued to meet and work together.This large blue green, yellow, brown and black with a white border, linen, tea towel has the CWA logo in the middle with pictures of handcrafted items surrounding it. Along the bottom is printed: "Handicrafts / of the / Country Women's Association of Victoria."Handicrafts / of the / Country Women's Association of Victoria - along the bottom Pure Irish Linen - bottom left Dummay - bottom righttea towel, cwa, tawonga, kitchen, linen

These 3 hand-embroidered linen tea-towels are an example of the dressmaking and craftwork skills of the women of the pioneer settlers families in Moorabbin Shire early 20th century. Early settlers and market gardeners established their families in Moorabbin Shire and this item shows the skill and craftsmanship of the women of these families.The Danish heritage is an example of the many nationalities that lived and worked in Moorabbin Shire3 hand-embroidered linen tea-towelsbrighton, moorabbin, linen, pioneers, haberdashery, market gardeners, dressmakers, craft work, pedersen-green carole, green carole, denmark, scandinavia

This item is one of many 19th century items donated to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village by the Giles Family, and known as the “Giles Family Collection”. Henry Giles was born at Tower Hill, Victoria in 1858 and worked as a labourer on the Warrnambool Breakwater. His wife, Mary Jane, was born in 1860 at Cooramook and worked as a student teacher at Mailor’s Flat Secondary School. The Giles family lived at The Maam, Wangoom in the late 19th century, before moving to New South Wales in 1895, where Henry built bridges. Henry died in 1933 and Mary Jane died seven years later. Flagstaff Hill holds a number of objects associated with the Giles family, which were donated by Flagstaff Hill volunteers Vera and Aurelin Giles (Henry and Mary Jane’s daughter and granddaughter respectively). These are predominantly located in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage and include: Living room • Cloths (made by Vera Giles) • Portraits of Mary and Henry Giles • 1 x dresser • Covers on dresser • 1 x bellows Baby’s room • 1 x blessing (in the baby’s room) • 1 x picture of boy and girl • 1 x rocking chair • 1 x cushion (made by V Giles) • 1 x chest (belonging to Mary Jane Giles’s mother, Jane Fleming who migrated to Australia from Ireland in 1843) • 1 x chest cover • Bed materials Bedroom • 1 x knitted bedspread and cushion cover (knitted by V Giles) • Pillow shams and covers (Mrs Catherine King) • Pillow cases (Mary Giles) • 1 x wash stand (Mary Giles) • Towels (lace knitted by Aurelin Giles) • 1 x washstand cover • 1 x white ceramic dog • Shaving items • 1 x dressing table mirror • 1 x dressing table cover (made by Aurelin Giles) • 1 x framed motto • 2 x texts • 1 x settee (sofa) • 1x wardrobe (Vera Giles donated the wardrobe in the Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage to Flagstaff Hill. According to Aurelin Giles, it was originally owned by William Swinton junior and was later given to a friend of the Giles family.) Kitchen • Settee covers (made by V Giles) • 1 x sideboard • 1 x butter churner • 2 x pictures • 1 x white cheese dome • 1 x wash-up tray • 2 x jugs • 1 x vegetable bowl and dish • 1 x willow pattern dinner set • Glass butter and jam dishes. The Giles family collection has social significance at a local level, because it illustrates the level of material support the Warrnambool community gave to Flagstaff Hill when the Museum was established.Calico bag of assorted fabrics, trims and sewn pieces (originally donated together with sewing machine). Items include clothing, lace, tablecloth, tray cloth, collars, oversleeves, trims, jug cover, lace inserts. (part of the Giles Collection)flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, linen, fabric, dressmaking, sewing materials, 19th century sewing, 19th century fashion, giles family, 19th century hand craft, henry giles, tower hill, cooramook, warrnambool breakwater, mailor’s flat, wangoom, 19th century clothing, 19th century linen, 19th century handcraft

White linen tea towel with design of dressed up crab presumably at Ascot races.Dressed Crab Fast colours.- Dummery Regd - Pure Linen - Made in N. Ireland.manchester, work cloths

Two folded strips of linen interfacing for use on the underside of suit and coat lapels. 9028.1 Cream interfacing 9028.2 Brown linen interfacing9028.1 Special Finish. Superior Elastic Canvas. Heavy 9028.2 Superior Elastic Duck, Specially Made for Tailoring Purposes. Warranted. Pure LInen

Metal ring, linen serviette.serviette, ring, linen

3 pieces Reckitt's Blue Bags. Contained in fabric gathered at top. Paper wrapper in red and white.Reckitt's Bag Blue / Squeeze the bag in the last rinse / and stir. This keeps your linen white.reckitt's, laundry bluing, linen, washing aids

Sewing implements and crochet hook date pre 1950. PArt of Jan Barrett's mother's sewing kit.Sewing Implements: 2 wooden cotton reels one with mercerised cotton, linen thread on green card, tortoise shell spindles, iron crochet hook with wooden handle, "C 1'0 The Mer-Surah, Mercerised Cotton, machine twisted on narrow reel. Superior Linen Thread No 32 2 cord Linen thread: Lindsay Thompson (Threads) Belfast - 50 yards on backing card.sewing implements, crochet hook, cotton thread, linen thread, tortoise shell toggle

Tea towel - white with green stripesAll linen Hordura Tea towel Linen.manchester, work cloths

Dyed green linen and cotton yarn attached to cardboard tagInscribed in blue ink, top centre: '1% Chlorantine/ Yellow 2GLL'; centre centre: '.5% Chlorantine/ Blue 3GLL'; bottom centre: '.06% Chlorantine/ Red 6BLL'dye, linen, cotton, ink, cardboard

Dyed green linen and cotton yarn attached to cardboard tagInscribed in blue ink, top centre: '1% Chlorantine/ Yellow 2GLL'; centre centre: '.5% Chlorantine/ Blue 3GLL'; bottom centre: '.06% Chlorantine/ Red 6BLL'dye, linen, cotton, ink, cardboard

Dyed green linen and cotton yarn attached to cardboard tagInscribed in black ink, top centre: '5g Sample/ 1% Yellow RS/ 3.4 ON 2RS/ 1% Blue 3RI/ 500 mgs Alkali'linen, dye, cotton, ink, cardboard

Dyed yellow linen and cotton yarn attached to cardboard tagInscribed in blue ink, top centre; '1% Chlorantine/ Yellow 2GLL'; centre centre: '.03% Chlorantine/ Red 6BLL'; bottom centre: '.02% Chlorantine/ Blue 3GLL'dye, linen, cotton, ink, cardboard

Dyed yellow linen and cotton yarn attached to cardboard tagInscribed in blue ink, top centre; '1% Chlorantine/ Yellow 2GLL'; centre centre: '.025% Chlorantine/ Red 6BLL'; bottom centre: '.025% Chlorantine/ Blue 3GLL'dye, linen, cotton, ink, cardboard

The little blue bag was stirred around in the final rinse water on washday. It disguised any hint of yellow and helped the household linen look whiter than white. The main ingredients were synthetic ultramarine and baking soda, and the original "squares" weighed an ounce and cost 1 penny. Reckitt’s had been in the blue and starch business in Hull, England, even before they started importing French ultramarine in the 1850s to make the new blue rinse additive at their English factory. These blue bags, being alkaline , were useful to ease the pain of wasp, ant and insect bites. Reckitts blue bags were an essential part of washday for early settlers in Moorabbin Shire and continued to be used throughout 20thC.Laundry blue bags (2), 'Reckitt's' Blue Bag, paper-wrap made by Reckitt and Colman (Australia) Ltd, Australia, c 2oth C. Made of powdered ultramarine and baking soda. RECKITT& COLMAN PTY.LIMITED SYDNEY AUSTRALIA / Reckitt's Bag Blue / Squeeze the bag in the last rinse / & stir. This keeps your linen white / / RECKITT & COLMAN PTY. LIMITED SYDNEY AUSTRALIA. Red & white stripes Regd.reckitts pty ltd., hull u.k., moorabbin, bentleigh, early settlers, pioneers, laundry equipment, linen, clothing, washing aids

Photograph probably for promotional purposes, of a "David Sowden & Sons Linen Loom" No100." Photograph was with other photographs in an envelope from Yarra Falls Mill.Photograph, black and white, of a "David Sowden & Sons Linen Loom" No 100.textile machinery weaving, yarra falls mill david sowden & sons, weaving looms, weaving machinery, textile machinery, weaving

The women of the early settler families made the clothes, haberdashery and napery as the market gardens and dairy farms were established c1900. The square of linen is edged with hand crochet and a flower in one corner is sewn with coloured silk The women of the early settler families in Moorabbin Shire c1910 were skilled dressmakers and craft workers. 2 cream linen serviettes with crocheted edge and a coloured needlework flower clothing,haberdashery, napery, serviettes, linen, crochet, brighton, moorabbin, pioneers, dressmaking, market gardeners, early settlers, craftwork , bentleigh, lacework, moorabbin shire, dairy farms, fruit orchards

With a career spanning over 30 years as a painter, Stieg Persson is a well known figure within the Australian and international art world. Persson’s work is celebrated for his distinct (yet eclectic) style, which consists of elements associated with abstraction, figuration and decorative art, as well as the artist’s deeply intellectual interrogation of Australian culture and society. In this work titled, Duck and quail eggs, Italian herbs, Persson reflects on contemporary parallels in changes of taste and the desire for decadence as a political and social drive. Inspired by Brighton’s iconic Church and Bay Streets, the artist addresses the social currency of luxury and high-end cuisine by depicting rococo style blackboards which offer the latest in fine dining, alcohol, exercise classes, skin treatments and lavish linens. Persson is presenting a subtle critique of the contemporary obsession with food; as contemporary society places greater significance on the connoisseurship of eating, it does so in lieu of engagement with culture as it is traditionally conceived (music, theatre, literature and art).oil on linenstieg persson, brighton, signage, graffiti, food, chalkboard, bayside, painting