Mask
Tapestry
1992 (made)
1992 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The Victorian Tapestry Workshop, based in Melbourne, Australia, has a well earned international reputation for the technical excellence of its hand-woven tapestries. The majority of the Workshop’s tapestries are large-scale commissions, however, there has always been a demand for individual clients eager to own small examples of work. In order to make their tapestries more widely available, the Workshop put together a collection of specially designed small tapestries to be woven in limited editions. This piece, entitled ‘Mask’, is by Murray Walker, who has designed many of the most important tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, including the bicentennial tapestry hanging in the Guildhall in London.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Mask (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Tapestry woven |
| Brief description | Tapestry, 'Mask', designed by Murray Walker, woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop; Australia; 1992. |
| Physical description | Tapestry. |
| Dimensions |
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| Gallery label | The Victorian Tapestry Workshop has a well earned international reputation for the technical excellence of its hand-woven tapestries. The majority of the Workshop's tapestries are large-scale commissions, however, there has always been a demand for individual clients eager to own small examples of work. In order to make their tapestries more widely available, the Workshop put together a collection of specially designed small tapestries to be woven in limited editions. Murray Walker has designed many of the most important tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop including the bicentennial tapestry hanging in the Guildhall in London.(2003) |
| Credit line | Given by the manufacturer |
| Object history | Registered File number 1994/2323. |
| Historical context | The Victorian Tapestry Workshop, established by the Government of Victoria in 1976, has a well earned international reputation for the freshness, vitality and technical excellence of its hand-woven tapestries. The majority of the Workshop's tapestries are large-scale commissions, for display in venues such as arts complexes, schools and universities, corporate foyers and boardrooms. Between 1983 and 1988 the Workshop collaborated with Australian artist Arthur Boyd to produce a monumental tapestry for permanent display in the new Parliament House in Canberra. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | The Victorian Tapestry Workshop, based in Melbourne, Australia, has a well earned international reputation for the technical excellence of its hand-woven tapestries. The majority of the Workshop’s tapestries are large-scale commissions, however, there has always been a demand for individual clients eager to own small examples of work. In order to make their tapestries more widely available, the Workshop put together a collection of specially designed small tapestries to be woven in limited editions. This piece, entitled ‘Mask’, is by Murray Walker, who has designed many of the most important tapestries woven by the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, including the bicentennial tapestry hanging in the Guildhall in London. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.2-1995 |
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| Record created | January 14, 2003 |
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