A Life by Design: The Art and Lives of Florence Broadhurst

A Life By Design: The Art and Lives of Florence Broadhurst
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The legend lives on. Download cover. Apart from the documented celebrity purchases, the Lennies say it's hard to know who is buying the designs for private use, although their US agent tells them "some incredibly, incredibly big movie star is using Broadhurst for their entire house and has requested an enormous amount of sampling". After touring for a number of years in Southeast Asia, Broadhurst went to London, where she opened a dress shop, masquerading as a Frenchwoman, Madame Pellier. A iron chair, inspired by Roman aqueduct arches, sits beneath a limited-edition Japanese Fans print from the Broadhurst archives.

Broadhurst's wallpapers out of circulation for nearly 20 years are just now being restored and sold globally to much fanfare. This amazing package showcases more than never-before-published patterns and popular prints such as those owned by Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, and Carly Simon alongside a fascinating murder mystery. Undressing Kellerman, uncovering broadhurst : The modern woman and "un-Australia by Jinna Tay 1 edition published in in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide.

Australian hand printed wallpapers Book in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide A selection of hand printed wallpaper design samples, bound into a large sample-book.

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Audience Level. Related Identities. Customweave Carpets and Rugs faithfully interpreted five of her designs last year including Butterflies, Japanese Floral and Bamboo and the Horses Stampede for a rug collection. Melbourne's Matthew Butler, of Bluesquare, stretched lengths of fabric over chairs. Although the "top end" and international marketplace are the focus of the custodians of the Broadhurst library, the Lennies co-operated with David Jones to release a homewares collection last year, including cushions, throw rugs, lampshades and limited-edition art in oriental patterns.

Early next year an upmarket range of "lifestyle items" will be available, including notebooks, clutch and overnight bags, shoes and homewares. A quirky handbag, with detachable leather handles and interchangeable wallpaper bags, will marry the company's interiors and fashion interests.

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The smaller products make it "more accessible for everyone to have that little bit of print and colour and passion. Journalist Helen O'Neill recently published an article in London's Independent newspaper entitled "Sydney sensations: the best of what's new".

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The lead item suggested tourists make a Broadhurst-themed bar-restaurant-pub crawl through Sydney's inner-east, as well as visit the Signature showroom at Rosebery. The Lounge, a concession in London's Selfridges, sells Broadhurst merchandise. Apart from the documented celebrity purchases, the Lennies say it's hard to know who is buying the designs for private use, although their US agent tells them "some incredibly, incredibly big movie star is using Broadhurst for their entire house and has requested an enormous amount of sampling".

British, European and American customers will not have to travel far for their Broadhurst wares any longer, with agents in London Borderline and Boston Classic Revivals. A further coup is the selection of Broadhurst fabrics and papers to decorate the Australian pavilion at the World Expo in Japan next year, running from March until September.

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A new fabric collection will be released in February, with the Lennies equivocating between a tapestry and a floral. David Lennie says there are more than 30 tapestries and about 50 floral designs in the Florence Broadhurst library, with collections limited to seven designs. Any release is significant for followers of Broadhurst, given that only 40 designs have been released so far. Asking why the designs have become so popular posthumously yields a variety of responses.

David Lennie puts it down to the designs being ahead of their time.

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To wit, Broadhurst also incorporated Aboriginal motifs in some of her designs. Van de Ven puts Broadhurst's appeal down to "the fact that she's using cranes and natural elements that. She also considers Broadhurst's work comparable, in terms of enduring appeal and quality, to '60s and '70s contemporaries Marimekko and Eames.

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O'Brien observes that Broadhurst's part-Asian, part-European designs fulfil "our desire for style that has a global stamp". For her son Robert, the sky is obviously the limit: "How about a Broadhurst design on Richard Branson's first commercial inter-galactic vessel! Go with the Flo.

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