Fancy work /

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

'Poster ten in series of ten posters designed and printed by the Women's Domestic Needlework Group, Sydney 1979." The poster was 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.. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/175.1981.10/
The Library holds a copy of the catalogue for the exhibition.


Poster shows an image of a woman with various kinds of needelwork. The image is in red on a yellow background. A quote from Rachel Maines is at the head of the poster: "Working class needlework is seldom dealt with in textile historical writing..."


Needlework--History--Australia--Posters
Women textile workers--Australia--Posters
Posters, Australian