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Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Tapestry (2000 - )

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The National Portrait Gallery commissioned this woven portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, who is a trustee of the Tapestry Foundation of Victoria. The 1.5 by 1.2 metre tapestry depicts Dame Elisabeth sitting in the garden of her Langwarren home, Cruden Farm. Entitled "A weaver of magic", it was woven by Merrill Dumbrell at the Victorian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne and hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in the Old Parliament House, Canberra.


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Location: National Portrait Gallery, Old Parliament House, Canberra ACT
 
Sources used to compile this entry: Newsletter Handweavers and Spinners Guild of Victoria Inc.
 
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Prepared by: Anne Heywood
Created: 10 April 2002
Modified: 6 April 2006

Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
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Updated: 23 December 2008
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