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Tapestry - Rooster, circa 1950
Reg. No: SH 850092
- Summary:
- Used: circa 1950
Made in occupational therapy by a patient at Royal Park Mental Hospital.
Made by a patient at a Victorian mental hospital. - Description:
- Tapestry of a rooster in wooden frame and glazed. The rooster occupies only about 1/5 of the tapestry. It is brilliantly coloured - yellow legs, underside and neck, darkgreen breast and tail feather, rose wing and face, red comb and blue,green and grey tail feathers. The background consists of oblong blocks of colour - green, yellow, pink, blue, maroon, purple, surrounded by a border of fine stripes of colour. A short piece of white binding tape has been stitched onto the tapestry on the top, left-hand border.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital (Mental Asylum)
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 45.50 cm (Height), 55.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | hospitals, mental health, mental health institutions, psychiatric services |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Occupational Therapy |
| Tertiary Classification: | products |
| Inscriptions: | Text: MADE IN OCCUPATIONAL/THERAPY DEPT/ROYAL PARK. |
| Place & Date Made: | Parkville, Victoria, Australia, by 1950 |
| Place & Date Used: | Parkville, Victoria, Australia, by 1950 |
| References: | information on back of exhibit. |
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