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Miyake Design Studio, Tokyo, Japan

Issey Miyake, designer

Minaret dress, 1995

polyester

137.0 length; 98.0 cm diameter

Image courtesy Powerhouse Museum

 

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Daniel Boyd

We Call Them Pirates Out Here, 2006

synthetic polymer paint on canvas

226.0 x 275.0 cm

Image Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art

 

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Arthur Streeton

‘Still glides the stream, and shall for ever glide’, 1890

oil on canvas

82.0 x 153.0 cm

Image courtesy Art Gallery of New South Wales

 

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Attributed to John Webster, carver and William Temple, cabinetmaker

Armchair, 1820-21

rose mahogany [Dysoxylon fraseranum], casuarina [Casuarina sp.] red cedar [Toona ciliata], eastern grey wallaby fur upholstery [modern]

131.0 x 70.3 x 58.4 cm

Image courtesy Powerhouse Museum

 

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Fish hook, ’mata’u’, on line, possibly collected on Captain James Cook’s voyages, 1768-1780

bone, mother of pearl shell, turtle shell, natural fibre

15.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm

Image courtesy Australian Museum

 

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British Government, London, England

Charter of Justice: letters patent constituting the Courts of Law, 1787

engraving, pen and ink on parchment, paper, plaited cotton or silk cord

p. 4, 55.0 x 70.0 cm [irreg]

Image courtesy State Records NSW

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