Georgiana Molloy b. 1805

Also known as Georgiana Kennedy
  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer)
Georgiana Molloy was born in 1805. She thought herself the first person to make a flower garden in the Western Australia. Molloy also designed patterns featuring wildflowers for use in England on china and fabric. She was also a lace maker.
Tags: Lace making

Citations

  • 'Australian Dictionary of Biography’, Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne, VIC, volume 2, page 244.

  • Erickson, Dorothy (2000), 'Inspired by Light and Land: Designers and Makers in Western Australia’, unpublished manuscript.

  • O’Brien, P. (1991), 'Letter from Molloy January 28, 1840’, quoted in The Wildflower Image: the Painted China of Amy Harvey, page 5.

  • De Vries-Evans, Susannah, 'Pioneer Women’, page 177.

  • Hasluck, Alexandra (1955), 'Portrait with a Background: A Life of Georgiana Molloy’, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC, page 12.

Initial data sources

  • Western Australian artists, designers & makers (1829-1959)