Women who toiled /

Women who toiled / designed and printed by the Womens Domestic Needlework Group.. - 1 poster : colour ; 79 x 51 cm.

"Poster one in a series of ten posters designed and printed by the Women's Domestic Needlework Group, Sydney 1979. Assisted by the Crafts Board, Australia Council." The NSW Art Gallery record for this poster credits it to Marie McMahon.
The posters were designed for the exhibition 'The D'oyley Show' at the Watters Gallery, Sydney in 1979. People involved in the production of the posters included Marie McMahon, Frances Phoenix, Earthworks Poster Collective and Tin Sheds Art Workshop.
The Library holds a copy of the catalogue for the exhibition.

Features three central images in brown of women spinning or working lace, with panels of lace in pale blue and buff to the sides and a block of text at the foot.


Lace and lace making--History--Australia--Posters.
Needlework--Australia--Posters
Women--Employment--Posters.
Women textile workers--New South Wales--Posters
Posters, Australian