Textile length

Maker & role
Donald Clark (b.1928), Designer; Manufacturer
 Production date
1970
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Object detail

Production place
Sydney/NSW/Australia
Collection
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection
Measurements
1 - Textile length, L: 64 x W: 120cm (L: 640 x W: 1200mm); 2 - Textile length, L: 40 x W: 120cm (L: 400 x W: 1200mm)
Signature & marks
On selvedge: Donald Clark
Credit line
Gift, Chee Soon & Fitzgerald, 2019
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Textile length of olive green and cream design by Donald Clark, Sydney, circa 1970
Description
Sydney Artist and designer Donald Clark (b.1928) began silk screen printing, which developed into designing and printing textiles on a commercial basis. David Jones was Clark's first major client. In 1954 Clark began a business partnership with his brother Robert (b. 1924) trading as Donald Clark Handcrafts. In 1958 Donald Clark Associates Pty Ltd was formed and by the mid-1960s the company had success with co-ordinated kitchen accessories sold to David Jones, Grace Bros and other outlets. In 1985 the business was sold to Wilson Fabrics.

This fabric has provenance to Marion Best. It was sold through her shop in Queen St Woollahra in the 1960s. Marion Best Pty Ltd was one of Sydney’s most influential interior designers and retailers from the 1950s to the 1970s.

It is part of a collection of soft furnishings and ephemera donated to the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection by Sydney interior decorators Chee Soon & Fitzgerald.
Accession number
L2019/20-1:2

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