Catherine Hardess b. 18 November 1889

Also known as Catherine Hardress
Fabric designer, she worked in collaboration with Mollie Grove. Together they established a business and from 1940 until the early 1960s, they worked as artist-craftswomen producing Australian woven textiles. Work by Hardess is shown in "Design in Everyday Things" ABC, 1941 where she is described as an interior designer and fashion designer.
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Name
Catherine Hardess
Also known as Catherine Hardress
Gender
Female
Other Occupation
  • Fashion artist (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Theatre designer
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022)
Birth date
18 November 1889
Birth place
Flemington, Melbourne, Vic.
Death date
1970
Active Period
  • c.1923 - c.1962
Residence
  • England, UK
  • Victoria
Training
  • c.1923 - c.1925 Slade School of Fine Art, London, England, UK
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: (1996), 'Hardess, Catherine (1889–1970)', Australia.>, <ExternalResource: anon. (1 January 1941), 'Design in Everyday Things'.>, <ExternalResource: Grove, Mollie (1985), 'Hand-woven fabrics from eclarté', Craft Australia, (Spring).>, <ExternalResource: Leyser, Joan (1955), 'eclarté: An Australian vision', Australian Home Beautiful, February.>, <ExternalResource: (1955), Architecture in Australia, Volume 44, Number 3, July-September.>, <ExternalResource: Hunt, Jo-Ann (1973), 'eclarté', Thesis (unpublished), State College of Victoria, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Richards, Michaela (1993), 'Interview with Ross and Phyllis Hohnen', August, 28, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from McPhee, John.>] [<ExternalResource: (1996), 'Hardess, Catherine (1889–1970)', Australia.>, <ExternalResource: anon. (1 January 1941), 'Design in Everyday Things'.>]