Frances Burke b. 1907

  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Burke founded screen-printing business, Burway Prints, Melbourne 1937. Established and managed "New Design" retail outlet, founder member Society of Designers for Industry. Her textile designs featured fauna and flora (often Australian), abstract appropriations of Aboriginal designs and organic forms drawn from nature.

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See also

  • De Nijs, Jenny (1986), 'Women Designers in Australia', Australia, Place: Melbourne, Vic., pps.42-43.
  • 'Heritage: ADD section 11, plate 494'.
  • Bogle, Michael (10 November 1994), 'Frances Burke obituary'. The Australia