Brief description
Collection of archival material from Prestige Limited, 1940-52, preserved by Gerard Herbst who was the company's Art Director from 1946-56. It includes textile designs, photographs, negatives and transparencies, designs for posters, a video copy of a newsreel on the company and newscuttings. Accompanying the Prestige material are personal papers of Herbst, 1940-1995, including textile designs, posters, certificates and papers concerning his promotion of poster art.Notes
A selection of material and a PDF Guide to the full archive is available on the Powerhouse Website (91/503).Data time period: 1940 to 1995
Spatial Coverage And Location
text: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Subjects
Design archives |
Design drawings |
Gerard Herbst |
Photographs |
Poster art |
Prestige Limited |
Textile design |
Textiles |
posters |
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Identifiers
- Local : 2016
- URI : www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=117543