A Life By Design: The Art And Lives Of Florence Broadhurst

Author: Siobhan O'Brien

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  • : $12.00 AUD
  • : 9781741143980
  • : Allen & Unwin
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  • : 0.35
  • : 01 November 2004
  • : 207mm X 142mm X 23mm
  • : Australia
  • : 32.99
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  • : English
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Barcode 9781741143980
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Local Description

2004, First edition, first printing. A very good copy with age tanned pages and a previous owners name sticker on the first page.

Description

Florence Broadhurst, the one-time chanteuse of Shanghai, Bond Street salon owner, world-renowned wallpaper designer and Sydney socialite lived a life steeped in subterfuge and deception. Here for the first time we get a glimpse at the fascinating woman behind the hand-printed brocades.

Table of contents

IntroductionChapter 1 Murder 1977Chapter 2 Growing Up 1899-1922Chapter 3 The Orient 1922-1927Chapter 4 Return Home 1927Chapter 5 London 1927-1949Chapter 6 Sydney 1949-1958Chapter 7 Wallpaper and Trucking 1959-1969Chapter 8 The Final Years 1970-1977Epilogue