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85/459 Wallpaper and fabric sample book, 'K.L. /Nouveaut�s 1930-31', paper / cloth / board, France, 1930-1931

On display in:
Inspired! Design across time Exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

85/263 Book, 'The Art of Living in Australia', Philip E Muskett, 1893

85/909 Book, 'Domestic Architecture in Australia', special number of Art & Australia, Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1919

86/1470 Book "Kunsthistorische Bilderbogen" Art History Picture Sheets, Leipzig, 1878

96/44/1-5/4/103/1 Negative, b&w, Hal Missingham at Art Gallery of New South Wales, for the book 'Sydney, A Book of Photographs', 35mm acetate film, David Mist, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1969

96/44/1-5/4/101/1 Negative, b&w, court 8 of Art Gallery of New South Wales, for the book 'Sydney, A Book of Photographs', 35mm acetate film, David Mist, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1969

P2999 Designs (2), 'Door for Australian Technical Collage, Art (Australian Door. Granite - Bronze and Majolica)' and 'Detail of Door Panels', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil/ photolithograph, made b

P3000 Designs (2), 'New Zealand Medallion, terra-cotta' and 'Four Floral Motives for Cornice', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', photograph, silver gelatin print, sepia toned, embossed in paper, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France,

P3001 Designs (2), 'Gigantic Lily Fan' and 'Banana Tree Medallion (Banana Trees - terra-cotta', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil / photograph, silver gelatin print, sepia toned, made by Lucien Henry,

P2996 Design, 'Stenocarpus Scroll', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3003 Design, 'City of Sydney Window', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', monochrome, lithograph for prospectus, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P2989 Designs (2), 'Motif to Frame Sir Frederick Leighton's Opinion on Industrial Arts' and 'List of Plates and Illustrations', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', pen and ink over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-18

P2990 Design, 'Dedication', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', monochrome pen and ink over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P2991 Designs (2), 'Table of Contents'and 'Index, Wing Motif', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil / monochrome lithograph, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P2992 Designs (2), 'Map showing habitat or Subjects Treated in the work' and 'Medallion of (South) Australia', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour, pen and ink over pencil / photograph, silver gelatin print, sepia toned, made

P3014 Design, 'Crematorium', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P2998 Design, 'Verandah Pillar, entablature and railing (Verandah Pillar, cast iron)', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, Lucien Henry, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3011 Design, 'Homage to the memory of Francis Ormond', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3012 Designs (2), 'Protea Column, Four Types of Capital; (Protea - Honey Flower - Birds nest - Stag.H[orn] column)' and 'Square waratah panel for ceiling', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour, gouache and ink over pencil / ph

P3022 Design, 'Cornice Corner, Blackfellow's Head', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P3023 Designs (2), 'Frontispiece' and 'Frontispiece - text', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil/ pen and ink, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3026 Design, 'Motives for jewellery (Jewellery, Brooches, scarf-pins &c.)', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P3194 Designs (2), 'List of subscribers' and 'Mangrove, Medallion, terra-cotta', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', photolithograph, watercolour/ photograph, silver gelatin print, sepia toned, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 18

P3200 Designs (2), 'Light Muslin Curtain' and 'Australia Felix, Medallion, terra-cotta', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour over pencil / photograph, silver gelatin print, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P3201 Design, 'Wall Decoration A', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P3210 Designs (2), 'Vivarium (Fish-Globe - Hippocampus, Shells, and Water-lily)' and 'Banana and cabbage palm rosette', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', monochrome, watercolour and pencil over pencil / photograph, silver gelatin print,

P2997-1 Design, 'Wrought Iron and Enamelled Bronze Gate (Bronze enamelled gate for garden)', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3023-1 Design, 'Frontispiece', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3219 Designs (2), 'Electric light bracket for coll[ege] door' and 'Kookaburra electric lamp for bed-room', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour over pencil / monochrome, engraving, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 188

P3205 Design, 'Numbered map', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', stamp, pen and ink, typewriting over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P3229 Designs (2), 'Lyre-bird Motive for Pier Glass and Electric Light' and 'Adaptation of the Lyre-Bird to Sculptural Purposes (Lyrebird's tail from nature)', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', monochrome, photolithograph/ monochrome, l

99/32/4 Book, 'Fraffley Strine Everything', paper, written by Afferbeck Lauder (Alistair Morrison) and illustrated by Al Terego (Alistair Morrison), Ure Smith, Australia, 1969

2006/100/1 Etching, 'The pawnbroker of the Argyle Cut', paper / wood / glass, made by Lionel Lindsay, Australia, 1915

91/255 Book, 'The Art of Albert Namatjira', by C P Mountford, Published by Bread & Cheese Club, Melbourne, 1949

99/32/3 Book, 'John Drysdale and the Burdekin', by Roy Connolly/ jacket designed by Alistair Morrison, Ure Smith, Australia, 1964

96/226/2 Book,'Historical reference', student workbook with sketches, designs and printed textile samples, for Phyllis Shillito's design course, East Sydney Technical College, made by Barbara Abbott (now Davidson), Sydney, 1947-1949

93/299/50 Book, Sauvageota M. Cl, 'Recueil de cent planches extraites de l'art pur tous', paper, A Morel, Paris, France, c. 1860-1940

93/299/51 Book, J Percy, 'Metallurgy: the art of extracting metals from their ores', paper, John Murray, London, England, 1875

86/685 Booklet - " The Jubilee Book of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, 1903-1953", Moderne Art Printing, Australia, 1953

86/72 Recipe Book: "The Art of Canning Bottling & Pres. Fruits", Sydney, 1913

85/229 Watercolour, stained glass window, Town Hall, Sydney, designed by Lucien Henry for Centennial Hall, made by Goodlet & Smith Ltd, Sydney, 1888

2000/117/1 Chair, reproduction, based on Lucien Henry, 'Lyrebird/ staghorn fern' design, jelutong & kauri timber/ gesso finish/ needlework seat, made by International Conservation Services Pty Ltd, Australia, 2000

P2993 Design, 'Blue Mountains waratah (Waratah-study from nature)', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P2994 Design, 'Detail of Waratah-Panel (Designs for Wallpaper - R T Baker)', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P2995 Designs (2), 'Stenocarpus study (War[atah] Decanter)' and ' Pineapple Butter Cooler and Flower vase combined', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour over pencil/ photograph, silver gelatin print, sepia toned, made by Lucie

P3004 Design, 'Waratah Panel - oblong', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3005 Designs (2), 'Square Stenocarpus panel for ceiling' and 'Stenocarpus column - Four types of Capitals', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', photolithograph / watercolour gouache and ink over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia /

P3006 Design, 'Motive for dado', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P3007 Design, 'Dado design', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3008 Design, 'Wall Decoration, Majolica', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Inspired! Design across time Exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

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97/208/1 Shoes, pair, womens, 'Super elevated gillies', leather/ cork/ silk, Autumn/ Winter collection, designed by Vivienne Westwood, London, 1993-1994

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Full text matches. Showing 50 of 258 objects Show all 258 objects

85/459 Wallpaper and fabric sample book, 'K.L. /Nouveaut�s 1930-31', paper / cloth / board, France, 1930-1931

On display in:
Inspired! Design across time Exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

85/263 Book, 'The Art of Living in Australia', Philip E Muskett, 1893

85/909 Book, 'Domestic Architecture in Australia', special number of Art & Australia, Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1919

86/1470 Book "Kunsthistorische Bilderbogen" Art History Picture Sheets, Leipzig, 1878

96/44/1-5/4/101/1 Negative, b&w, court 8 of Art Gallery of New South Wales, for the book 'Sydney, A Book of Photographs', 35mm acetate film, David Mist, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1969

P2996 Design, 'Stenocarpus Scroll', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3003 Design, 'City of Sydney Window', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', monochrome, lithograph for prospectus, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P2990 Design, 'Dedication', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', monochrome pen and ink over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P3014 Design, 'Crematorium', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3011 Design, 'Homage to the memory of Francis Ormond', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3022 Design, 'Cornice Corner, Blackfellow's Head', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3201 Design, 'Wall Decoration A', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3023-1 Design, 'Frontispiece', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3205 Design, 'Numbered map', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', stamp, pen and ink, typewriting over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

99/32/4 Book, 'Fraffley Strine Everything', paper, written by Afferbeck Lauder (Alistair Morrison) and illustrated by Al Terego (Alistair Morrison), Ure Smith, Australia, 1969

2006/100/1 Etching, 'The pawnbroker of the Argyle Cut', paper / wood / glass, made by Lionel Lindsay, Australia, 1915

91/255 Book, 'The Art of Albert Namatjira', by C P Mountford, Published by Bread & Cheese Club, Melbourne, 1949

99/32/3 Book, 'John Drysdale and the Burdekin', by Roy Connolly/ jacket designed by Alistair Morrison, Ure Smith, Australia, 1964

93/299/50 Book, Sauvageota M. Cl, 'Recueil de cent planches extraites de l'art pur tous', paper, A Morel, Paris, France, c. 1860-1940

93/299/51 Book, J Percy, 'Metallurgy: the art of extracting metals from their ores', paper, John Murray, London, England, 1875

86/685 Booklet - " The Jubilee Book of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, 1903-1953", Moderne Art Printing, Australia, 1953

86/72 Recipe Book: "The Art of Canning Bottling & Pres. Fruits", Sydney, 1913

85/229 Watercolour, stained glass window, Town Hall, Sydney, designed by Lucien Henry for Centennial Hall, made by Goodlet & Smith Ltd, Sydney, 1888

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3004 Design, 'Waratah Panel - oblong', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3006 Design, 'Motive for dado', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

P3007 Design, 'Dado design', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Display Store; Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill

P3008 Design, 'Wall Decoration, Majolica', from unpublished book, 'Australian Decorative Arts', watercolour and gouache over pencil, made by Lucien Henry, Australia / France, 1889-1891

On display in:
Inspired! Design across time Exhibition; Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo

Show all 258 objects

Tagged objects. Showing 1 object

97/208/1 Shoes, pair, womens, 'Super elevated gillies', leather/ cork/ silk, Autumn/ Winter collection, designed by Vivienne Westwood, London, 1993-1994

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