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Florence Broadhurst
Author: Helen O'Neill
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Hardie Grant
Published: April 2006
ISBN-13: 9781740662949
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Synopsis:
Florence Broadhurst was born in 1899 to a farming family in Mount Perry, the isolated heart of rural Queensland. After decades as a successful courtier to young English ladies both in Shanghai and London, she returned to Australia at age 50. By 58 she was a darling of the high-end social set, promoting herself as a tireless fundraiser for good causes while also running an inter-state trucking business. At 63 she declared Australia was afraid of colour and announced a new venture - a wallpaper business. Broadhurst created over 800 hugely popular designs that defined the swinging 60s. Her designs were extremely sort after throughout the world, with long waiting lists for her work. Includes full colour, rarely seen prints from the Broadhurst archive as well as a collection of her most popular designs.
Subjects:
Textiles Design
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