| Description |
xviii, 246 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Murder, 1977 -- 2. Growing up, 1899-1922 -- 3. The Orient, 1922-1927 -- 4. Return home, 1927 -- 5. London, 1927-1949 -- 6. Sydney, 1949-1958 -- 7. Wallpaper and trucking, 1959-1969 -- 8. The final years, 1970-1977 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Florence Broadhurst, the one-time chanteuse of Shanghai, Bond Street salon owner, world-renowned wallpaper designer and Sydney socialite, lived a life steeped in subterfuge and deception. Here, for the first time, we get a glimpse at the fascinating woman behind the hand- printed brocades |
| Analysis |
Biography & autobiography (Australia) |
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Commercial & industrial art & design |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references : pages 231-234 |
| Subject |
Broadhurst, Florence, 1899-1977.
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Wallpaper -- Australia.
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Artists -- Australia -- Biography.
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Artists, Aboriginal Australian.
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Women textile designers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Wallpaper -- Design -- Biography.
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Textile designers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Artists, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography.
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Women designers -- Australia -- Biography.
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Wallpaper -- Design -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biography.
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History.
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| Author |
Broadhurst, Florence, 1899-1977.
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| ISBN |
9781741143980 (paperback) |
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1741143985 |
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