Michael O'Connell :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online

Michael O'Connell b. 1 January 1898

O'Connell was a Melbourne designer of hand-printed textiles. He later became associated with Cynthia Reed and Frederick Ward in interior design.

John McPhee (1 January 1988), 'O’Connell, Michael William (1898–1976)’.
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/oconnell-michael-william-7873/text13683
Harriet Edquist (1 January 2011), 'Michael O’Connell: The Lost Modernist’.