GUIDE TO THE GERARD HERBST ARCHIVE (91/503) IN THE ...images.powerhousemuseum.com/Images/Pdfs/320838.PdfGUIDE TO THE GERARD HERBST ARCHIVE (91/503) IN THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM Helen Yoxall

GUIDE TO THE

GERARD HERBST ARCHIVE

(91/503)

IN THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM

Helen Yoxall 1998

CONTENTS Biographical Note Series List Series Descriptions and Item Lists

COLLECTED ARCHIVES BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

91/503

Herbst, Gerard

Registration Number:

Creator:

Gerard Herbst, designer and teacher, was born in Dresden in 1911. He studied textile design and

gained experience in Berlin, Zurich, Prague, Paris and Munich. He came under the notice of Professor

Moholy Nagy prior to the closure of the Bauhaus by the Nazis. Herbst migrated to Australia in 1939

and during 1939-40 he worked as Display Manager and Assistant to the Advertising Manager for the

Melbourne textile manufacturer Prestige Limited. After serving in the AIF with the rank of sergeant,

1940-45, he rejoined Prestige as Art Director which position he held until 1956. The Prestige studio was

one of the first industrial design studios to be established in Australian industry.

[Prestige Limited was formed in 1922 by George Foletta to manufacture fine silken hosiery. The

company had acquired the Atlas Knitting and Spinning Mills Pty Ltd which had been established in

1920 and produced "Prestige hosiery" from 1921. Prestige Limited merged with Holeproof Hosiery

Company (Australia) Pty Ltd in 1964. Both were taken over by Pacific Dunlop in 1968. The Prestige

name was dropped in 1978/79.]

Herbst introduced printed fashion fabrics to Prestige's range. His studio invented a number of new

printing techniques including the transfer of gold leaf to fabric and 'phototex', a photographic

screenprinting process'. Prestige's participation in the International Textile Exhibition in Lille, France,

brought the company's screenprinted fabrics to European attention in 1951. Herbst also developed the

marketing and advertising used to promote Prestige products.

Young designers working for Prestige included Stanislav Ostoja-Kotowski of Poland, Sue Tandler of

Austria, Pauline Gray of England and William Salmon a recent graduate from RMIT.

Many designs were based on natural forms of the Australian environment such as driftwood, lizard

skin, seashells, rocks and leaves.

During his time at Prestige, three documentary films were produced - `Portraits in Fabric', `Language

of Design', 1950 and `Fabrics in Motion', 1951. `Language of Design' won the Cine Service Documentary

Film Award for Herbst and producer/writer Geoffrey Thompson and was shown at Lille.

Herbst had done part-time teaching at RMIT since 1951 and was appointed lecturer in charge of

industrial design at RMIT in 1960 retiring in 1976. He lectured in the USA, Italy and Mexico (1969-70),

was design consultant to the Industrial Design Council of Australia and from 1979, to Deakin

University. He has curated a number of international poster exhibitions for Australian galleries,

1984-95.

References

Object file 91/503

Curriculum vitae and other material in Decorative Arts department curatorial file "Gerard Herbst"

McCulloch, Alan. Encyclopedia of Australian art. Rev. ed., 1994

Van de Ven, Anne-Marie. "Prestige fabrics", Powerline, No. 24 Summer 1991-92

COLLECTED ARCHIVES SERIES LIST Gerard Herbst – Personal 91/503-1 Textile design ‘Bayadere’, 1945-1955 91/503-2 Certificates, 1940, 1953 91/503-3 Publicity material for poster exhibitions, 1964-1995 91/503-4 Reference material, 1950-1990 91/503-5 Material re Herbst’s illustration of the book of poetry ‘The Journey of

Diornis’ by Max Dunn, 1952 91/503-6 Papers re designer Grant Featherston, 1950s 91/503-7 Posters, 1962-1978 Gerard Herbst – Prestige 91/503-8 Textiles designs (for Prestige) 91/503-9 Photographs, negatives and transparencies, 1940-1952 91/503-10 Photographic slides, 1945-1955, copied 1991 91/503-11 Designs for posters, 1946-1956 91/503-12 Reference Material, 1946-1956 91/503-13 Video, ‘Portraits in fabrics’, 1950s

COLLECTED ARCHIVES SERIES DESCRIPTION

Registration Number: 91/503-1

Creators: Herbst, Gerard

Series Title: Textile designs (personal)

Date Range: 1945-1955

Physical Characteristics: Original pencil, pen and wash drawings

Description: Textile designs (3), pen, pencil and wash, 'Bayadere', Gerard Herbst,

Melbourne, Victoria, 1945-1955

Three versions of a textile design called 'Bayadere', designed by

Gerard Herbst under the pseudonym 'Ruth Noad' and submitted to

the Alcorso Textile Design Competition. The design won an award

and was reproduced by Claudio Alcorso, silk and textile printers,

Hobart.

Arrangement: None apparent

Dimensions: Shelf Length m 0.060

Box Number: F1

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Textile design 'Bayadere'

ITEM LIST

Item Number BoxItem Title

F191/503-1/1 Textile design, pen on brown paper, 'Bayadere', Gerard Herbst,

Melbourne, Victoria

Textile design by Gerard Herbst under the pseudonym 'Ruth

Noad'. It was submitted to the Alcorso Textile Design

Competition, winning an award and was reproduced by

Claudio Alcorso, silk and textile printers.

F191/503-1/2 Textile design, pencil, pen and wash, 'Bayadere', by Gerard

Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria





F191/503-1/3 Textile design, pencil, pen and wash, 'Bayadere', by Gerard

Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria








Series Title: Certificates

Date Range: 1940, 1953

Physical Characteristics: Printed certificates completed in manuscript

Description: Certificates (2), awarded to Gerard Herbst, Australian Commercial

and Industrial Artists/ Association, Melbourne, 1940 and Outdoor

Advertising Association of Australia, 1953

Two certificates awarded to Gerard Herbst. The first is a certificate

of 'Honorable Mention/Awarded by the Australian Commercial and

Industrial Artists/ Association to Gerhard Herbst for Excellence of

Work/ in the First Annual Exhibition of Commercial and Industrial/

Art opened in Melbourne on the Twenty-sixth Day of June 1940/

Advertising Display in the Industrial Section', 1940 and the other a

certificate for 'Best Poster of the Year/ 1953/ First Prize...awarded to

G Herbst for "The Sun - Daily at Dawn"...Outdoor Advertising

Association of Australia.' A photo of Herbst's display at the ACIAA

exhibition is held at 91/503-9/25. The award-winning poster is held

at 91/500.

Arrangement: Chronological


Box Number: F2

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Certificates

ITEM LIST


F291/503-2/1 Certificate, 'Honourable Mention/ Awarded by the Australian

Commercial and Industrial Artists/ Association to Gerhard

Herbst for Excellence of Work/ in the First Annual Exhibition

of Commercial and Industrial/ Art opened in Melbourne on the

Twenty-sixth Day of June 1940/ Advertising Display in the

Industrial Section', Melbourne, Victoria, 1940

A photo of Herbst's display is held at 91/503-9/25.

F291/503-2/2 Certificate, Best Poster of the Year, 1953, First Prize, Outdoor

Advertising Association of Australia, awarded to Gerard

Herbst for "The Sun - Daily at Dawn", 1953

Poster is held at 91/500.




Series Title: Publicity material for poster exhibitions

Date Range: 1964-95

Physical Characteristics: Printed leaflets, photocopied documents and photographs

Description: Publicity material for poster exhibitions (36 items), Gerard Herbst,


Invitations, catalogues, leaflets and a photograph concerning poster

exhibitions organised by Gerard Herbst and held mainly at the

Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre and Toorak/South Yarra Library.



Box Number: 1

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Publicity material for poster exhibitions

ITEM LIST


191/503-3/1 Invitation, student exhibition 'Face to Face', National Gallery

of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, September 1964

191/503-3/2 Exhibition catalogue, for student exhibition 'Face to Face',

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, September

1964

191/503-3/3 Leaflet, 'Prologue to the Exhibition - 'Design with Paper'

presented by the School of Art and Design, Royal Melbourne

Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, at the

Education Section, National Gallery of Victoria, 1969-70',

Melbourne, Victoria, 1969

191/503-3/4 Exhibition catalogue, 'POSTERS '82/83 international art

posters from the avenues of the modern world', with text by

Gerard Herbst, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, 26

November 1982 - 6 February 1983, Mornington, Victoria, 1982

191/503-3/5 Photographic print, black & white, poster, 'POSTERS '82/83',

designed by Gerard Herbst for poster exhibition, Mornington

Peninsula Arts Centre, 1982

Cutout hand and index finger raised in the direction of the

title.

191/503-3/6 Exhibition catalogue, 'Poster art from the Kunsthaus Zuerich',

Prahran City Libraries, 1 July - 4 August 1988, with text by

Gerard Herbst, Melbourne,Victoria, 1988

191/503-3/7 Exhibition catalogue, 'Theatre posters from the Federal

Republic of Germany', with text by Gerard Herbst, Mornington

Peninsula Arts Centre, 1988

191/503-3/8 Exhibition catalogue, 'Poster Art from modern European

Galleries', with text by Gerard Herbst, Mornington Peninsula

Arts Centre, Mornington, Victoria, 1989

191/503-3/9 Invitation, photocopy, for Prahran City Council exhibition of

posters from Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, held at

Toorak/South Yarra Library, Melbourne, Victoria, February -

March 1990

191/503-3/10 Exhibition catalogue, text by Gerard Herbst, for Prahran City

Council exhibition of posters from Die Neue Sammlung,

Munich, held at Toorak/South Yarra Library, Melbourne,

Victoria, February - March 1990

191/503-3/11 Exhibition catalogue, text by Gerard Herbst, for Prahran City

Council exhibition of posters from Die Neue Sammlung,

Munich, held at Toorak/South Yarra Library, Melbourne,

Victoria, February - March 1990


191/503-3/12 Document, photocopied typescript, 'The Curtain falls over

Victoria, 3141', Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1990

Annotated 'my text for the "South Yarra Council" '.

191/503-3/13 Document, photocopied typescript, 'Preface to list of poster

exhibitions', Gerard Herbst, covering period 1962-91,


191/503-3/14 Exhibition catalogue, 'Swiss posters from Ticino Lugano

Locarno Ascona & Zuerich', with text by Gerard Herbst,

Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington, Victoria, 1990

191/503-3/15 Document, 'Text of the illustrated catalogue Swiss poster art

from the Ticino', Gerard Herbst, Mornington Peninsula Arts

Centre, Mornington, Victoria, 1990

191/503-3/16 Leaflets (2), one with blue invitation, exhibition, 'Japanese

artists in posters', with text by Gerard Herbst, Toorak/South

Yarra Library, Melbourne, Victoria, 6-31 August 1991

191/503-3/17 Document, 'Notes for the exhibition 6 August 1991/ Address

given to introduce the Rt. Hon. Senator Janet Powell' at

opening of exhibition 'Japanese artists in posters',

Toorak/South Yarra Library, Gerard Herbst, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1991

191/503-3/18 Exhibition catalogue, first draft, 'Photo/typo/graphics', text by

Gerard Herbst, Prahran City Council and Toorak/South Yarra

Library, Melbourne, Victoria, 5-30 May 1992

191/503-3/19 Exhibition catalogue and invitation, 'Photo/typo/graphics', with

text by Gerard Herbst, Prahran City Council and Toorak/South

Yarra Library, Melbourne, Victoria, 5-30 May 1992

191/503-3/20 Exhibition catalogue and invitation, 'Photo/typo/graphics', with

text by Gerard Herbst, Prahran City Council and Toorak/South


191/503-3/21 Document, 'Co-operation of the Prahran City Council...',

Gerard Herbst, concerning the exhibition 'Photo/typo/graphics',

Prahran City Council and Toorak/South Yarra Library,

Melbourne, Victoria, 5-30 May 1992

191/503-3/22 Document, photocopy, relating to production of the catalogue

for the exhibition 'Photo/typo/graphics', Prahran City Council

and Toorak/South Yarra Library, Melbourne, Victoria, 5-30

May 1992




May 1992





May 1992




May 1992




May 1992




May 1992

191/503-3/28 Document, photocopy, 'Silence is a great peacemaker', relating

to production of the catalogue for the exhibition

'Photo/typo/graphics', Prahran City Council and Toorak/South


191/503-3/29 Document, photocopy, 'Silence is a great peacemaker', relating

to production of the catalogue for the exhibition

'Photo/typo/graphics', Prahran City Council and Toorak/South


191/503-3/30 Exhibition catalogue, 'International airlines on wings of art',

Gerard Herbst, Prahran City Council and Toorak/South Yarra

Library, Melbourne, Victoria, 4 May - 10 June 1993, with

invitation

191/503-3/31 Poster design?, photocopy, for exhibition 'International airlines

on wings of art', Prahran City Council and Toorak/South Yarra

Library, 4 May - 10 June 1993, Gerard Herbst, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1993

191/503-3/32 Leaflet and invitation, photocopy, for exhibition 'L'art pour

l'art: opera and ballet through the art of the poster', Prahran

City Council and Toorak/South Yarra Library, 1 October - 10

November 1994, Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1994

191/503-3/33 Leaflet, photocopy, for exhibition 'L'art pour l'art: opera and

ballet through the art of the poster', Prahran City Council and

Toorak/South Yarra Library, 1 October - 10 November 1994,

Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1994

191/503-3/34 Leaflet, photocopy, for exhibition 'The silent beat of jazz',

Prahran City Council and Toorak/South Yarra Library, 1

November - 4 December 1995, Gerard Herbst, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1995


191/503-3/35 Leaflet, photocopy, for exhibition 'The silent beat of jazz',

Prahran City Council and Toorak/South Yarra Library, 1

November - 4 December 1995, Gerard Herbst, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1995

191/503-3/36 Photographic print, colour, poster design 'The media, catering

for easy sadistic gratifications' by Gerard Herbst for Royal

Melbourne Institute of Technology Vernon Gallery, Melbourne,

Victoria,

191/503-3/37 Leaflet, for exhibition 'Identities 75', at the Australian Design

Centre, arranged by the Industrial Design Council of Australia

in conjunction with Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,


191/503-3/38 Leaflets (2), for exhibition 'The Silent Beat of Jazz', City of

Stonnington, Toorak/South Yarra Library, Gerard Herbst,

Melbourne, Victoria, March 3 to March 31 1996

191/503-3/39 Leaflet and Invitation, for exhibition 'The Art of The Poster -

Pierre Mendell, from the collection of Gerard Herbst',

University Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne,

Victoria, 7 March to 10 May 1996




Series Title: Reference material collected by Gerard Herbst

Date Range: 1950-90

Physical Characteristics: Magazine clippings, photographs, typescript, duplicated typescript

and photocopied documents and printed leaflets

Description: Reference material (17 items) collected by Gerard Herbst,


Miscellaneous reference material collected by Gerard Herbst

consisting of newscuttings re Herbst and the film `Language of

Design'; photographs of posters by Herbst in a railway poster

competition; photograph of Herbst; leaflets and lecture notes from

the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; leaflets and documents

re posters; and copies of letters from Bernard Smith and Arthur

Leydin.



Box Number: 1

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Reference material collected by Gerard Herbst

ITEM LIST


191/503-4/1 Magazine clipping, photocopy, 'Textile designer gives insight

into his art', Film Monthly, July 1950

Article about production of the Gerard Herbst/Cine Service Ltd

film, 'Language of Design' featuring Torres Strait islander

Georgia Lee.

191/503-4/2 Magazine clipping, 'People in the News', Woman's Day and

Home, page 18, 16 April 1951

Re Gerard Herbst's film 'Language of Design'.

191/503-4/3 Photographic print, b&w, display of posters in railway poster

competition, including two designed by Gerard Herbst with

titles 'With safety/and comfort/everywhere' and 'Fly by rail',

NSW Department of Railways, Sydney, 1954

191/503-4/4 Photographic print, b&w, display of railway poster

competition, including one designed by Gerard Herbst with

title 'NSW Railways/ 100 years of sight seeing', NSW

Department of Railways, Sydney, 1954

191/503-4/5 Photographic print, b&w, display of railway poster

competition, NSW Department of Railways, Sydney, 1954

191/503-4/6 Letter, from Secretary of Railways, NSW Department of

Railways to Gerard Herbst, concerning posters submitted to

railway poster competition, Sydney, 19 November 1954

191/503-4/7 Photographic print, b&w, portrait of Gerard Herbst, 1960-75

191/503-4/8 Leaflet, concerning the Gerard Herbst scripted film 'The Ways

of Paper', Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, School of

Art, Department of Design, Industrial Design Division,


191/503-4/9 Lecture notes, 'The mass-media in the city-scape: the

shopwindow, the showcase, the window display', Gerard

Herbst, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, School of

Art, Department of Design, Melbourne, Victoria, 13 March

1975

191/503-4/10 Letter, photocopy, Bernard Smith of the Power Institute of

Fine Arts to Gerard Herbst, concerning the standard of poster

design in Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 22

April 1977

191/503-4/11 Letter, photocopy, Arthur Leydin to Gerard Herbst, concerning

criticism of stamp design, Sydney, New South Wales,

Australia, 11 June 1979


191/503-4/12 Document, photocopy, 'Manifesto', concerning posters,

aesthetics and visual communication, Gerard Herbst (and staff

and students of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology),


191/503-4/13 Newspaper clipping, photocopy, 'Poor image abroad', being a

letter to the editor by Gerard Herbst, 12 January 1984

191/503-4/14 Newspaper clippings, photocopy, 'Unersetzbare

Kommunikationsform', Die Woche, 13 February 1990 and

'Years too soon/ XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956', both

mentioning Gerard Herbst

191/503-4/15 Notes, four pages, photocopy, 'Re: Australian Poster Museum

of Victoria', Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1995?

191/503-4/16 Leaflet, 'Outdoor Posters', Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria,

n.d.

191/503-4/17 Leaflet, 'Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology...Industrial

design', Melbourne, Victoria, n.d.




Series Title: Material re Gerard Herbst's illustration of the book of poetry 'The

Journey of Diornis' by Max Dunn

Date Range: 1952

Physical Characteristics: Printed book, page proofs and a colour transparency

Description: Material (3 items) re Gerard Herbst's illustration of the book of

poetry 'The Journey of Diornis' by Max Dunn, Melbourne, Victoria,

1952

In 1952 Herbst illustrated the book of poetry 'The Journey of Diornis'

by Max Dunn, published by the Anvil Press, Melbourne. This

material consists of a copy of the book, being number 23 of a

handprinted limited edition of 54, signed by Dunn and Herbst; page

proofs for the book; and a colour transparency by Gerard Herbst of a

portrait of Max Dunn taken at South Melbourne.

Max Dunn (1895-1963) was born in Dublin and migrated to

Australia in 1924. He worked in Melbourne as a psychotherapist,

journalist, publisher and poet. He published numerous books of

poetry during the 1940s and 50s.



Box Number: 1

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Material re Gerard Herbst's illustration of the book of poetry 'The Journey of Diornis' by Max Dunn

ITEM LIST


191/503-5/1 Book, 'The Journey of Diornis: a projection in four aspects',

written by Max Dunn, illustrated by Gerard Herbst, The Anvil

Press, Melbourne, Victoria, 1952

Number 23 of a handprinted edition limited to 54, signed by

Dunn and Herbst.

191/503-5/2 Page proofs for the book, 'The Journey of Diornis: a projection

in four aspects', written by Max Dunn, illustrated by Gerard

Herbst, The Anvil Press, Melbourne, Victoria, 1952

191/503-5/3 Transparency, colour, 35mm, portrait of poet Max Dunn,

Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, n.d.




Series Title: Papers re designer Grant Featherston

Date Range: 1950s

Physical Characteristics: Photograph and linoprint card

Description: Papers re designer Grant Featherston (2 items), collected by Gerard

Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1950s

Papers concerning Herbst's friend and fellow designer Grant

Featherston, consisting of a photograph taken by Herbst of a

Featherston chair, 1950s and a Christmas card featuring a linoprint,

designed and printed by Featherston, sent to Herbst and his family.

Grant Featherston (1922-95) was one of Australia's best-known

industrial designers. His furniture designs included the Relaxation

Chair, 1947, the Contour Chair, 1951 and the Delma Chair, 1963.



Box Number: 1

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Papers re designer Grant Featherston

ITEM LIST


191/503-6/1 Photographic print, b&w, chair designed by Grant Featherston

with pencil, pair of compasses and paper, Gerard Herbst,

Melbourne, Victoria, 1950s

191/503-6/2 Christmas card, linoprint, sent to the Herbst family by Grant

Featherston, designed and printed by Grant Featherston,


The inscription reads `Seasons/ Greetings/ to/ Gerard Elma &

Jerome/ Grant'.

191/503-6/3 Christmas card, linoprint, sent to the Herbst family by Grant

Featherston, designed and printed by Grant Featherston,


The inscription reads `Merry Xmas from Grant Featherston'.




Series Title: Posters

Date Range: 1962-78

Physical Characteristics: Lithographs

Description: Posters (6), Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1962-78

Six posters designed by Gerard Herbst, three for the Australian

Dairy Produce Board, the others for Australian Library Week, the

Goethe Institute and for the exhibition `The Universal Language of

Posters' at the Caulfield Arts Centre.



Box Number: F1

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Posters

ITEM LIST


F191/503-7/1 Poster, lithograph, 'Fish needs butter', for Australian Dairy

Produce Board, lithography by McLarens, design by Gerard

Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1962

F191/503-7/2 Poster, 'Butter makes them butter', for Australian Dairy

Produce Board, lithography by McLarens, design by Gerard

Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1962

F191/503-7/3 Poster, lithograph, 'Cheese - flavour's crowning achievement',

for Australian Dairy Produce Board, lithography by McLaren

and Co Pty Ltd, design by Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria,

1962

F191/503-7/4 Poster, 'Books are in: Australian Library Week 1971', Gerard

Herbst, 1971

F191/503-7/5 Poster, 'Goethe Institute/ Photographic competition for young

Australians', printing by Victory Publicity Pty Ltd, design by

Gerard Herbst, 1978

F191/503-7/6 Exhibition poster, 'The Universal Language of Posters',

exhibition held at Caulfield Arts Centre, Gerard Herbst,

Melbourne, Victoria, n.d.

F191/503-7/7 Exhibition poster, 'Design with Paper', exhibition held at

National Gallery Victoria, prepared and presented by the

Industrial Design Department RMIT School of Art and Design,

Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, November 10 to January

10 1970




Series Title: Textile designs (for Prestige)

Date Range: 1946-56

Physical Characteristics: Original designs on paper in various media including watercolour

and Indian ink, with some black & white transparencies.

Description: Textile designs (36), for the Prestige studio, Gerard Herbst, Joseph

Stanislaw (Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski, Susan Tandler, Nan Gooderham

and William Salmon, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

Thirty-six original textile designs on paper by Gerard Herbst and

Joseph Stanislaw (Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski for the Prestige studio.

Also includes some transparencies.



Box Number: F3

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Textile designs for Prestige

ITEM LIST


F391/503-8/1 Textile design, paper, Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria,

[1946]

Annotated in pencil on reverse 'DARK BROWN/ the first print/

by Prestige Fabrics'

F391/503-8/2 Textile design, red on dark blue, paper, 'Disos', Gerard Herbst

and Susan Tandler, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/3 Textile design, black, transparency film, photographic repeat,

'Ti Tree', Nan Gooderham, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/4 Textile design and photographic repeat with dried leaf

attached, 'Austral', paper, transparency film and leaf, designed

by Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

The textile design in gouache on paper is attached to a

cardboard/paper mount, the design features a repeat design

with Eucalyptus leaf motif in brown, black and white, the

design measures 300 x 303mm. The photographic repeat in

black ink on transparency film measures 215 x 215mm and

has a Eucalyptus leaf attached to the top left corner.

F391/503-8/4/1 Textile design, 'Austral', paper, transparency film and leaf,

designed by Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/4/2 Textile design, transparency film, photographic repeat,

'Austral', Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/4/3 Leaf, attached to textile design, 'Austral', Gerard Herbst,


F391/503-8/5 Textile design, paper, abstract, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria,

1946-56

Black on white.

F391/503-8/6 Textile designs (5), in five colourways, paper, building facades

on canal, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/6/1 Textile design, grey, paper, building facades on canal, Prestige,


F391/503-8/6/2 Textile design, brown, paper, building facades on canal,

Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/6/3 Textile design, pink, paper, building facades on canal, Prestige,


F391/503-8/6/4 Textile design, green, paper, building facades on canal,



F391/503-8/6/5 Textile design, mauve, paper, building facades on canal,


F391/503-8/7 Textile design, paper, abstract, floral, Prestige, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1946-56

Brown, black, orange and white.

F391/503-8/8 Textile design, paper, figures with arches, Prestige,


Lilac, black, gold and brown.

F391/503-8/9 Textile design, paper, floral, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria,

1946-56.

Red, black, blue and grey.

F391/503-8/10 Textile designs (2), in two colour ways, paper, 'Gardenia',


F391/503-8/10/1 Textile design, paper, 'Gardenia', Prestige, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1946-56

Orange, yellow, green, black, brown and white

F391/503-8/10/2 Textile design, paper, 'Gardenia', Prestige, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1946-56

Green, purple, brown, black and white


1946-56

Red, orange, pink, yellow, green, black and white. On reverse

is the indecipherable stamp of a company in Como, Italy.


1946-56

Blue, black, white and grey.

F391/503-8/13 Textile designs (5), with five colourways, paper, floral,


F391/503-8/13/1 Textile design, paper, floral, black and white on yellow,


F391/503-8/13/2 Textile design, paper, floral, black and white on yellow,


F391/503-8/13/3 Textile design, paper, floral, pink, black and white on grey,


F391/503-8/13/4 Textile design, paper, floral, turquoise, black and white on

blue, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56


F391/503-8/13/5 Textile design, paper, floral, turquoise, black and white on

apricot, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/14 Textile design, paper, abstract floral, gold, black and white on

grey, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/15 Textile designs (4), paper, abstract, with four colourways,


F391/503-8/15/1 Textile design, paper, abstract, black on grey, Prestige,


F391/503-8/15/2 Textile design, paper, abstract, black on beige, Prestige,


F391/503-8/15/3 Textile design, paper, abstract, black on pink, Prestige,


F391/503-8/15/4 Textile design, paper, abstract, black on yellow, Prestige,


F391/503-8/16 Textile designs (7), paper, abstract, with seven colourways,


F391/503-8/16/1 Textile design, paper, abstract, black and light grey on white,


F391/503-8/16/2 Textile design, paper, abstract, black and mid-grey on white,


F391/503-8/16/3 Textile design, paper, abstract, black and blue/grey on white,


F391/503-8/16/4 Textile design, paper, abstract, black and mauve on white,


F391/503-8/16/5 Textile design, paper, abstract, black and orange on white,


F391/503-8/16/6 Textile design, paper, abstract, black and yellow on white,


F391/503-8/16/7 Textile design, paper, abstract, black and brown on white,


F391/503-8/17 Textile designs (4), paper, 'Carna', with four colourways,


F391/503-8/17/1 Textile design, paper, 'Carna', red, black and grey on white,


F391/503-8/17/2 Textile design, paper, 'Carna', yellow, black and brown on

white, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/17/3 Textile design, paper, 'Carna', turquoise, black and blue on



F391/503-8/17/4 Textile design, paper, 'Carna', blue and black on white,


F391/503-8/18 Textile design, paper, 'Fiesta', Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria,

1946-56

Maroon, green, orange, yellow, blue, white, grey, mauve, red

and black on cream.

F391/503-8/19 Textile design, paper, abstract, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria,

1946-56

Green, white, pink, grey, black, fawn, red and brown.

F391/503-8/20 Textile design, paper, 'Stravinsky', Prestige, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/21 Textile design, paper, 'Montmartre', Prestige, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1946-56

Fuchsia, purple, mauve, black and white on blue card.

F391/503-8/22 Textile design, transparency film, photographic repeat, 'Burl',


F391/503-8/23 Textile designs (6), paper, abstract, with six colourways,


F391/503-8/23/1 Textile design, paper, abstract, green, orange, black and white

on brown, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/23/2 Textile design, paper, abstract, green, grey, black and apricot

on orange, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/23/3 Textile design, paper, abstract, blue, green, turquoise and

black on mauve, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/23/4 Textile design, paper, abstract, blue, grey, yellow and black on

grey, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/23/5 Textile design, paper, abstract, yellow, tan and black on

yellow, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/23/6 Textile design, paper, abstract, orange, brown, black and white

on fawn, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/24 Textile designs (3), paper, 'Printemps', floral design, with three

colourways, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/24/1 Textile design, paper, 'Printemps', floral design, green, grey,

black and white on grey, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria,

1946-56

F391/503-8/24/2 Textile design, paper, 'Printemps', floral design, maroon, red,

pink, mauve, white and black on pink, Prestige, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1946-56


F391/503-8/24/3 Textile design, paper, 'Printemps', floral design, lilac, green,

black and white on green, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria,

1946-56

F391/503-8/25 Textile design, paper, mottled floral design, Prestige,


Fuchsia, mauve, pink, green, black, white and brown.

F391/503-8/26 Textile design, paper, Joseph Stanislaw (Stan)

Ostoja-Kotkowski, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/27 Textile designs (4), paper, roofs, with four colourways,


This is the design for the textile length 91/504.

F391/503-8/27/1 Textile design, paper, roofs, grey, black and white, Prestige,



F391/503-8/27/2 Textile design, paper, roofs, pink, maroon, black, grey and



F391/503-8/27/3 Textile design, paper, roofs, green, black and white, Prestige,



F391/503-8/27/4 Textile design, paper, roofs, khaki, black and white, Prestige,



F391/503-8/28 Textile design, paper, 'a discharged pattern appearing as white

lines on black cloth', Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria,

1946-56.


F391/503-8/29 Textile designs (2), film transparency and photographic print,

abstract design, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/29/1 Textile design, film transparency, abstract design, Prestige,


F391/503-8/29/2 Textile design, photographic print, abstract design, Prestige,


F391/503-8/30 Textile design, film transparency, photographic repeat,

'Seashore', Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56


F391/503-8/31 Textile design, film transparency, photographic repeat, floral,


F391/503-8/32 Textile designs (4), paper, with four colourways, design by

Joseph Stanislaw (Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski, colour by Susan

Tandler, idea and execution by Prestige production staff

headed by Max Wymant, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56


F391/503-8/32/1 Textile design, paper, design by Joseph Stanislaw (Stan)

Ostoja-Kotkowski, colour by Susan Tandler, art direction

Gerard Herbst, Prestige Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,

1946-1956

This is a colour sample in blue, aqua, yellow, grey and black

for the textile length 91/513, idea and execution by Prestige

production staff headed by Max Wymant.

f391/503-8/32/2 Textile design, paper, design by Joseph Stanislaw (Stan)



1946-1956

F391/503-8/32/3 Textile design, paper, design by Joseph Stanislaw



1946-1956

This is a colour sample in orange, grey and black for the textile

length 91/513, idea and execution by Prestige production staff

headed by Max Wymant.

F391/503-8/32/4 Textile design, paper, design by Joseph Stanislaw



1946-1956

This is a colour sample in green, grey and black for the textile

length 91/513, idea and execution by Prestige production staff

headed by Max Wymant.

F391/503-8/33 Textile design, film transparency, photographic repeat,

abstract, Prestige, Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/34 Necktie design, gouache on paper, female nude, by Prestige

designer Nancy Gooderham, for Prestige Ltd, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/35 Necktie design, paper, 'Panama', Gerard Herbst, Melbourne,

Victoria, 1946-56

F391/503-8/36 Necktie design, gouache on paper, '6 o'clock closing time', by

Prestige designer William Salmon for Prestige Ltd (for Rodney

Ties), Melbourne, Victoria, 1946-56




Series Title: Photographs, negatives and transparencies


Physical Characteristics: Photographic prints, film negatives and transparencies

Description: Photographic prints, negatives and transparencies (155), Gerard

Herbst, Wolfgang Sievers and other photographers, 1940-52

155 photographic prints, negatives and transparencies including

advertising photographs, studio presentations of fabrics, stills from

the films `Portraits in Fabric', `Language of Design' and `Fabrics in

Motion', photos of fellow designers Susan Tandler, Joseph Stanislaw

(Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski, Nancy Gooderham, Max Wymant, Stan

Kriss and Maurice Gunn, exhibition in Adelaide, and preparations

for Prestige's display at the Exposition textile internationale, Lille,

France. Most of the photos were taken by Gerard Herbst or

Wolfgang Sievers.

Arrangement: Grouped according to subject matter by the Archivist.


Box Number: PA1, PA2

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Photographs, negatives and transparencies

ITEM LIST


PA191/503-9/1 Photographic print, advertising, b&w, composition with

Prestige fabrics, Wolfgang Sievers, Melbourne, Victoria,

1940-1952

PA191/503-9/2 Photographic print, advertising, b&w, composition with

Prestige fabrics, Wolfgang Sievers, Melbourne, Victoria,

1940-1952

PA191/503-9/3 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, advertising, composition

with Prestige fabrics, Wolfgang Sievers, Melbourne, Victoria,

1940-1952



1940-1952



1940-1952



1940-1952



1940-1952



1940-1952



1940-1952



1940-1952



1940-1952



1940-1952

(A textile length of this fabric is held at 91/512.)




1940-1952

PA191/503-9/14 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, advertising, Prestige fabric,

Gerard Herbst, Melbourne, Victoria, 1940-1952





















PA191/503-9/25 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, mounted on card, Gerard

Herbst Prestige Ltd display, studio shot with wirework model,


Exhibited at Australian Commercial and Industrial Artists

Association (ACIAA) exhibition, Melbourne Town Hall where it

received a certificate of honourable mention (certificate is held

at 91/503-2/1).

PA191/503-9/26 Photographic print, black & white, paper / card, photographer

unknown, art direction Gerard Herbst, for Prestige Ltd,

Melbourne, Australia, 1945-1955

Black and white photograph mounted on card. The photograph

features a model standing behind a graphic panel and draped

in Prestige fabric designed by Joseph Stanislaw (Stan)

Ostoja-Kotkowski.


PA191/503-9/27 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, model with Prestige fabric

designed by Joseph Stanislaw (Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski behind

graphic panel, art direction Gerard Herbst, Melbourne,

1950-1955

A textile length of this fabric is held at 91/516.

PA191/503-9/28 Film negative, b&w, model with Prestige fabric designed by

Joseph Stanislaw Ostoja-Kotkowski behind graphic panel



on chair in front of graphic panel


on chair and cutout hand


on chair and cutout hand

PA191/503-9/32 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, Prestige designer Susan

Tandler modelling Prestige fabric designed by Gerard Herbst,

Gerard Herbst photographer, Melbourne, Victoria

Negative at 91/503-1/33.

PA191/503-9/33 Negative, b&w, Prestige designer Susan Tandler modelling

Prestige fabric designed by Gerard Herbst, Gerard Herbst

photographer, Melbourne, Victoria

Print at 91/503-9/32.

PA191/503-9/34 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, hands with Prestige fabric,

Gerard Herbst photographer, Melbourne, Victoria

PA191/503-9/35 Photographic print, b&w, hands with Prestige fabric and fabric

designs in background, Melbourne, Victoria

PA191/503-9/36 Transparency, colour, hands with Prestige fabric and fabric

designs in background, Melbourne, Victoria

PA191/503-9/37 Film negative, b&w, hands with Prestige fabric and fabric

designs in background

PA191/503-9/38 Photographic print, b&w, 'Prestige Prints', surreal display of

Prestige fabrics

PA191/503-9/39 Photographic print, b&w, 'Prestige Fabrics', display of Prestige

fabrics, fabric and tie designs with basket and arrows

PA191/503-9/40 Photographic print, b&w, 'Gumleaf' , fashion illustration by

Gerard Herbst

cf. 'Austral' textile design at 91/503-8.


PA191/503-9/41 Photographic print, b&w, with hands, textile design and

backdrop by Prestige designer Joseph Stanislaw (Stan)

Ostoja-Kotkowski


PA191/503-9/42 Photographic print, b&w, display of Prestige fabric designed by

Joseph Stanislaw (Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski, J. Gallagher

photographer



Tandler modelling Prestige fabric, Gerard Herbst

photographer

PA191/503-9/44 Film negative, b&w, Prestige designer Susan Tandler

modelling Prestige fabric, Gerard Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/45 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, model with driftwood and

Prestige fabric


Tandler with Prestige fabric on light box

PA191/503-9/47 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, model draped in Prestige

fabric

PA191/503-9/48 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, model with Prestige roofs

and doors scarf design

Pencil annotations on reverse include 'Shown at the World/

Textile Exhibition Lille'.

PA191/503-9/49 Photographic print, b&w, fabric designs

PA191/503-9/50 Photographic print, b&w, fabric designs by Gerard Herbst, the

design designed to obtain a three dimensional effect using

paper and photography

PA191/503-9/51 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige Ltd woven fabrics display

published in Swiss magazine, designs by Gerard Herbst, 1953

(Negative at 91/503-9/52)

PA191/503-9/52 Film negative, b&w, Prestige Ltd woven fabrics display

published in Swiss magazine, designs by Gerard Herbst, 1953

(Print at 91/503-9/51)

PA191/503-9/53 Photographic print, b&w, display of Prestige fabrics at

Adelaide exhibition

PA191/503-9/54 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige Fabrics Ltd, Prestige fabrics

display with eye mask and hand






PA191/503-9/57 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, model in printed fabric

designed by Gerard Herbst on the beach, Wolfgang Sievers

photographer, 1950


PA191/503-9/58 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, model in printed fabric

designed by Gerard Herbst on the beach, Wolfgang Sievers

photographer, 1950


PA191/503-9/59 Photographic print, colour, Prestige fabric display with

Prestige poster design 'Prestige IN WEAVE COLOUR

DESIGN' by Gerard Herbst

PA191/503-9/60 Photographic print, b&w, studio presentation of Prestige fabric

with branch, Gerard Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/61 Photographic print, b&w, J. Gallagher, studio presentation of

four Prestige fabrics designed by Joseph Stanislaw (Stan)

Ostoja-Kotkowski, Melbourne, 1950-1955

Textile lengths of two of these fabrics are held at 91/510 and

91/522.

PA191/503-9/62 Photographic print, b&w, studio presentation of four Prestige

fabrics, designed by Joseph Stanislaw (Stan)

Ostoja-Kotkowski, Gerard Herbst photographer, Melbourne,

1950-1955

Textile lengths of two of these fabrics are held at 91/510 and

91/522.

PA191/503-9/63 Photographic print, b&w, studio presentation of four Prestige

fabrics, designed by Joseph Stanislaw (Stan)

Ostoja-Kotkowski, Gerard Herbst photographer, Melbourne,

1950-1955

PA191/503-9/64 Photographic print, b&w, 'Prestige', studio presentation of

Prestige Ti Tree fabric on chair with street design for textile,

branch and mat, Gerard Herbst photographer


with wooden hand, Gerard Herbst photographer


with wooden hand, Gerard Herbst photographer


PA191/503-9/67 Photographic print, b&w, 'Prestige Prints', studio presentation

of roll of Prestige fabric, designed by Prestige designer Nan

Gooderham, on wooden table with basket and grass, Gerard

Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/68 Photographic print, b&w, studio presentation of Prestige

fabrics and fabric designs, Gerard Herbst photographer


fabrics and fabric designs, Gerard Herbst photographer

Negative at 91/503-9/70.

PA191/503-9/70 Film negative, b&w, studio presentation of Prestige fabrics and

fabric designs, Gerard Herbst photographer

Print at 91/503-9/69.


fabrics, fabric design, rock and arrows, J. Gallagher

photographer

Textile lengths of these fabrics are held at 91/515 and 91/521.

PA191/503-9/72 Photographic print b&w, model in evening dress looking at art

folio

PA191/503-9/73 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, model in evening dress

looking at art folio

PA191/503-9/74 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, mounted on card, line work

composition by Joseph Stanislaw (Stan) Ostoja- Kotkowski,

hand with brush design and scarf, Prestige Ltd, Melbourne,

early 1950s

PA191/503-9/75 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, hand with brush design and

scarf, design Joseph Stanislaw (Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski, for

Prestige Fabrics, Melbourne, 1950-1955

Torn at centre right.


Tandler with small mannequin modelling Prestige fabric

PA191/503-9/77 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, window display, Foy &

Gibson Ltd, showing mannequins in fashions using Prestige

fabrics (not Prestige designed fashion or fashion display)

PA191/503-9/78 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige designer Nancy Gooderham

with slide and lightbox, Gerard Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/79 Photographic print, b&w, Australian Department of

Information, Prestige designer Susan Tandler touching up

'Fine Fabrics' Prestige poster designed by Gerard Herbst

PA191/503-9/80 Film negative, b&w, model with driftwood


PA191/503-9/81 Film negative, b&w, model with driftwood and Prestige fabric

PA191/503-9/82 Film negative, b&w, model with Prestige fabric designed by

Joseph Stanislaw (Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski , Melbourne,

1950-1955


PA191/503-9/83 Film negative, b&w, model with chair and Prestige fabric

PA191/503-9/84 Film negative, b&w, model with Prestige fabric

PA191/503-9/85 Transparency, colour, Prestige fabric display, Gerard Herbst

photographer

Textile lengths of these fabrics are held at 91/510 and 91/522.

PA191/503-9/86 Transparency, colour, model wearing skirt made from Prestige

'Corroboree' fabric designed by Gerard Herbst, Gerard Herbst

photographer

PA191/503-9/87 Transparency, Ektachrome, Prestige display, Rodney ties, with

twigs, pumpkin and basket, Gerard Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/88 Transparency, Ektachrome, Prestige designer Susan Tandler

in blouse, the fabric of her own design, Gerard Herbst

photographer

PA191/503-9/89 Transparency, Ektachrome, Prestige designer, Nan

Gooderham modelling Prestige fabric with Prestige fabric

display beside her, Gerard Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/90 Transparency, Ektachrome, Prestige fabric display for Sunday

morning presentation, Gerard Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/91 Transparency, Ektachrome, display of Prestige 'Corroboree'

fabric designed by Gerard Herbst, with artwork, Gerard

Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/92 Transparency, Ektachrome, Prestige fabric designed by Gerard

Herbst with twigs and wooden post, Gerard Herbst

photographer

PA191/503-9/93 Transparency, Ektachrome, 'Prestige Fabrics', Gerard Herbst

photographer

PA191/503-9/94 Transparency, Ektachrome, Prestige fabric with photograph of

model on the beach, Gerard Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/95 Transparency, colour, Prestige poster design 'Prestige Fabrics'

by Gerard Herbst showing bolt of floral fabric with flowers,

Gerard Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/96 Transparency, colour, Prestige poster design 'Prestige' by

Gerard Herbst showing floral fabric on coathanger with

flowers on blue background, Gerard Herbst photographer


PA191/503-9/97 Transparency, colour, Prestige poster design 'Prestige' by



PA191/503-9/98 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige poster design 'Prestige' by



PA191/503-9/99 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige poster design 'Prestige/ IN

WEAVE . COLOUR . DESIGN' by Gerard Herbst with

illustration of flowers on fabric with brushes and paint box on

table, Gerard Herbst photographer

cf. photographs for design for hosiery box 91/503-9/121:125.

PA191/503-9/100 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige poster design 'Prestige' by

Gerard Herbst with floating fabric, twigs and stars, Gerard

Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/101 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige poster design 'Fine Fabrics'

by Gerard Herbst with Prestige fabric draped over chair,

Gerard Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/102 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, 'Elly Lukas/ Melbourne'

taken during filming of "Portraits in Fabric"

PA191/503-9/103 Photographic print, b&w, gelatin silver print taken on plate

camera, Gerard Herbst Art Director at Prestige Ltd (standing

at right and holding light meter), with model Elly Lukas

(seated) and photographer Max Wymant (on left), photograph

taken during the filming of 'Portraits in Fabric', Melbourne,

1950-1951

Photograph illustrates a studio setting in which a fashion

photograph is being created.

PA191/503-9/104 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, studio photograph of

Prestige designer Susan Tandler modelling 'phototex' fabrics,

taken during filming of "Portraits in Fabric"

PA191/503-9/105 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, studio photograph of model

modelling 'phototex' fabric featuring Vivien Leigh on paisley

background

PA191/503-9/106 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, Gerard Herbst draping

'phototex' fabric on model

PA191/503-9/107 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, Gerard Herbst draping

'phototex' fabric on model

PA191/503-9/108 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, model wearing 'phototex'

fabric depicting Rita Hayworth, Tony Cleal photographer

PA191/503-9/109 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige design studio showing

Prestige designers Nan Gooderham and Max Wymant


PA191/503-9/110 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, Prestige design studio

showing Prestige designer


showing Gerard Herbst with textile designs, 1952

PA191/503-9/112 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige designer Susan Tandler

with car and road map, 1952?

PA191/503-9/113 Photographic print b&w, Prestige designer Susan Tandler with

Phototex design layouts and fabrics, Australian Official

Photograph, Department of Information

PA191/503-9/114 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige designer Maurice Gunn at

the process camera, Australian Official Photograph,

Department of Information

PA191/503-9/115 Photographic print, b&w, Phototex prints, Australian Official

Photograph, Department of Information

PA191/503-9/116 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige Studio, model in Rita

Hayworth Phototex fabric with cards and basket

PA191/503-9/117 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige designer Stan Kriss

working on a phototex fabric design layout using photographs

of Vivien Leigh, Consolidated Press Ltd photographer

PA191/503-9/118 Photographic print, b&w, hand holding dummy handbag with

Vivien Leigh phototex fabric, Gerard Herbst photographer

PA191/503-9/119 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige designer Nan Gooderham

with scarf design commemorating the visit of the Old Vic

Company with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, c 1948

PA191/503-9/120 Photographic print, b&w, showing commemorative scarf

designed by Gerard Herbst and Nan Gooderham of Prestige

Ltd being presented to Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier,

Argus newspaper photographer, Melbourne, Victoria, 1948

Olivier and Leigh were on a six-month tour of Australia and

New Zealand to raise funds for the Old Vic Theatre.

PA191/503-9/121 Photographic print, b&w, showing Prestige staff Miss R.

Roberts and Maurice Gunn producing photographic floral

design for hosiery box



design for hosiery box, Australian Official Photograph,

Department of Information



design for hosiery box


PA191/503-9/124 Photographic print, b&w, Beautility by Prestige hosiery box,

Australian Official Photograph, Department of Information

PA191/503-9/125 Photographic print, b&w, Beautility by Prestige hosiery box

PA191/503-9/126 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, Prestige fabric ties on

basket

PA191/503-9/127 Photographic print, b&w, hand holding tie, Wolfgang Sievers,

Melbourne, Victoria, date unknown

PA191/503-9/128 Photographic print, b&w, hands holding tie, Wolfgang Sievers,

Melbourne, Victoria, date unknown

PA191/503-9/129 Photograph, b&w, Argus newspaper, man and woman, man

wearing tie designed by Gerard Herbst, 1950s

PA191/503-9/130 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, Torres Strait Islander

Georgia Lee with shells on the beach, photograph taken during

filming of 'Language of Design', 1950

PA191/503-9/131 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, Torres Strait Islander

Georgia Lee with shells on the beach, photograph taken during

filming of 'Language of Design', 1950

PA191/503-9/132 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, Geoffrey Thompson

Cineservice Limited film director and cameraman on beach

with Georgia Lee, photograph taken during filming of

'Language of Design', 1950



with Georgia Lee, photograph taken during filming of

'Language of Design', 1950



with Georgia Lee, Gerard Herbst and models in Prestige

fabrics, photograph taken during filming of 'Language of

Design', 1950

PA191/503-9/135 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, dancer Valerie Grieg of the

Victorian Ballet Guild modelling Prestige Ltd fabric, taken

during the filming of 'Fabrics in Motion', Melbourne, Victoria,

1951

91/503-9/136 Photographic print, fashion, b&w, dancer Valerie Grieg of the



1951



during the filming of 'Fabrics in Motion', Wolfgang Sievers,










1951




1951




1951





PA191/503-9/143 Photographic print, b&w, figure with Prestige fabric and

illustration, taken during the filming of 'Fabrics in Motion',

Wolfgang Sievers, Melbourne, Victoria, 1951

PA191/503-9/144 Photograph, fashion, b&w, Prestige design studio showing

Prestige designer Susan Tandler with miniature models

modelling Prestige fabric design proposals. Studio references

in preparation for Exposition textile internationale, Lille,

[France], 28 Avril - 20 Mai 1951


showing Prestige designer Susan Tandler with miniature

models modelling Prestige fabric design proposals. Studio

references in preparation for Exposition textile internationale,

Lille, [France], 28 Avril - 20 Mai 1951

PA191/503-9/146 Photographic print, b&w, Prestige designer with miniature

model. Studio references in preparation for Exposition textile

internationale, Lille, [France], 28 Avril - 20 Mai 1951

PA191/503-9/147 Photographic print, b&w, 'Prestige Fabrics', abstract display.

Studio references in preparation for Exposition textile

internationale, Lille, [France], 28 Avril - 20 Mai 1951

PA191/503-9/148 Photographic print, b&w, display of Prestige Phototex fabrics

with wooden hand, pincushion, tape measure and book. Studio

references in preparation for Exposition textile internationale,

Lille, [France], 28 Avril - 20 Mai 1951


PA191/503-9/149 Photographic print, b&w, 'Prestige Fabrics', display of fabrics

designed by Gerard Herbst with cutout hands, with stamp

affixed to top left corner 'Exposition textile internationale,

Lille, [France], 28 Avril - 20 Mai 1951'. Studio references in

preparation for Exposition textile internationale, Lille,

[France], 28 Avril - 20 Mai 1951

PA191/503-9/150 Photographic print, b&w, 'Prestige Fabrics', display of fabrics

designed by Gerard Herbst with cutout hands

PA191/503-9/151 Film negative, b&w, 'Prestige Fabrics', display of fabrics

designed by Gerard Herbst with cutout hands

PA191/503-9/152 Transparency, colour, design for poster 'Sutex' by Gerard

Herbst of woman in bathing costume, Gerard Herbst

PA191/503-9/153 Photographic print, b&w, design for poster 'Sutex' by Gerard

Herbst of woman in bathing costume, Gerard Herbst

PA191/503-9/154 Film negative, b&w, design for poster 'Sutex' by Gerard Herbst

of woman in bathing costume, Gerard Herbst

PA191/503-9/155 Film negative, b&w, design for poster 'Sutex' by Gerard Herbst

of woman in bathing costume, Gerard Herbst




Series Title: Photographic slides


Physical Characteristics: Photographic slides in plastic holders

Description: Photographic slides (48), 35mm, colour and black & white, of

Prestige fabrics, 1945-1955, copied by Museum of Applied Arts and

Sciences from Gerard Herbst's collection, 1991



Box Number: PA2

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Photographic slides

ITEM LIST


PA291/503-10/1 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, b&w, Prestige fabric with

branch

PA291/503-10/2 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, b&w, Joseph Stanislaw

(Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski backdrop with Prestige fabric and

rocks, Melbourne, 1950-1955

PA291/503-10/3 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, b&w, model with

Prestige fabric, chair and cutout hand

PA291/503-10/4 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, b&w, Susan Tandler

draped in Gerard Herbst textile design

PA291/503-10/5 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, b&w, Prestige fabrics

with branches

PA291/503-10/6 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, b&w, design for Prestige

studio presentation

PA291/503-10/7 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, Prestige designer

Susan Tandler presents her own textile design

PA291/503-10/8 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, Prestige fabric on

head with hands

PA291/503-10/9 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, Prestige fabric

with hands


with hand


with flowers


with branches


blowing out of window


with flowers


with hands


with sandalled feet and flower


PA291/503-10/17 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, 'The Joys of

Australian Summer' [Gerard Herbst's title, 1995], Prestige

fabric with sandalled foot and sunglasses, fabric designed by

Joseph Stanislaw (Stan) Ostoja-Kotkowski, Australia, original

1945-1955, duplicate 1991


with orange


with posts and branches


with post and branches


with chair


with chair


with chair

PA291/503-10/24 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, 'The silent echo of

redgum' [Gerard Herbst's title, 1995], Prestige fabric with

ladder



with frame


with pine cone

PA291/503-10/28 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, Prestige fabric on

grass and rocks

PA291/503-10/29 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, studio work

imagined and realised [Gerard Herbst's description, 1995],

Prestige fabric on miniature model with paintbrushes and

bottles of paint


display

PA291/503-10/31 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, Prestige fabrics

(Faded)


'Corroboree' designed by Gerard Herbst (Faded)


with fabric design on transparency film




PA291/503-10/36 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, 'Susan Tandler

Ala "Vienne" ' [Gerard Herbst's title, 1995]


PA291/503-10/38 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, 'Design Carre

Homage to France' [Gerard Herbst's title, 1995], Prestige

fabric on wooden hand



(Dark)


with fashion photograph and pine cones

PA291/503-10/42 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, 'Wind blown

petals down town', [Gerard Herbst's title, 1995], Prestige fabric

with street scene


with Renaissance print, Gerard Herbst

PA291/503-10/44 Photographic slide, 35mm, duplicate, colour, Complimenting

Asian Gestaltung in Australia [Gerard Herbst's description,

1995], Prestige fabric


with book


with flower and candle


with candles


with candles




Series Title: Designs for posters

Date Range: 1946-56

Physical Characteristics: Watercolour drawings

Description: Designs for posters (2), watercolour, Prestige fabrics, 1946-56

Watercolour designs for two posters featuring Prestige fabrics.



Box Number: F3

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Designs for posters

ITEM LIST


F391/503-11/1 Design for poster, watercolour on paper, 'Fine Fabrics', with

illustration of Prestige fabric on chair

F391/503-11/2 Illustration [for poster?] with illustration of three fabric

samples against wood grained background, watercolour on

paper, by Gerard Herbst




Series Title: Reference material

Date Range: 1948-55

Physical Characteristics: Newspaper and magazine cuttings, printed material and a

transparency

Description: Reference material (15 items), re Prestige, collected by Gerard

Herbst, 1948-55

Miscellaneous reference material re Prestige collected by Gerard

Herbst consisting of newscuttings re Prestige fabrics and studio;

newspaper advertisements for Prestige hosiery; a program for

`Fabrics in Motion', Brighton Town Hall, 27 May 1953; and samples

of Prestige business stationery.



Box Number: 1

COLLECTED ARCHIVES

Series Title: Reference material

ITEM LIST


191/503-12/1 Newspaper clipping, 'Put this on your shirt', article about

Prestige 'horse' fabric, Sunday Sun, page 1, Melbourne,

Victoria, 31 October 1948

191/503-12/2 Newspaper clipping, 'As pretty as a picture', Illustrated, 19

February 1949

Article concerns 'Derby', the horse head fabric released for

Melbourne's racing season and fabrics featuring Rita

Hayworth and Vivien Leigh.

191/503-12/3 Magazine clipping, 'Dancing with textiles: an exclusive window

show from Australia', three page article in French and English,

[1951]

191/503-12/4 Magazine clipping, 'Gerard Herbst Art Director...',

Schaufenster [German magazine], July 1951

191/503-12/5 Magazine clipping, 'New textiles with an Australian accent',

Woman's Day and Home, pages 44-45, 7 January 1952

191/503-12/6 Program, Fabrics in Motion, a production on stage and screen

by the House of Prestige, Brighton Town Hall, Melbourne,

Victoria, 27 May 1953

191/503-12/7 Newspaper clipping, advertisement, 'Hosiery prices reduced...

the renowned quality reliability and high fashion still remain

with Prestige', The Sun, page 29, 1 March 1955

191/503-12/8 Newspaper clipping, advertisement, 'Operation single handed

in any laundry/ Summer Silk/ the guaranteed lingerie/

Prestige', 1956

191/503-12/9 Magazine clipping, 'Photos printed on materials',

Textil-Export-Journal, page 76

191/503-12/10 Magazine clipping, 'New Design', 13 February n.d., featuring a

photo of Gerard Herbst and Max Wymant discussing phototex

technique

191/503-12/11 Newspaper clipping, advertisement for Jantzen swimwear

191/503-12/12 Magazine clipping, 'Jean in the Sutex cotton jacket with a

smart knitted neckband and cuffs', annotated on reverse

'Deign [sic] for Sutex: Gerard Herbst (funnels of various

shipping lines'

191/503-12/13 Business stationery, Prestige Exclusive Fabrics

191/503-12/14 Business stationery, Prestige Exclusive Fabrics


191/503-12/15 Transparency, b&w, advertising illustration with newsprint

figure, sun and flowing textiles, designed by Gerard Herbst




Series Title: Video, 'Portraits in Fabric'

Date Range: 1950s

Physical Characteristics: VHS videotape

Description: Videotape, VHS, 'Portraits in Fabric', Cinesound Review, Melbourne,

1950s

VHS video copy of a short newsreel on the Prestige studio made by

Cinesound Review, Melbourne. It shows Gerard Herbst at a drawing

board, studio staff at work, the phototex production process (which

combines photography with silkscreen printing) and completed

fabrics. The design process is demonstrated - miniature models are

used before any fabric is printed; designs are painted on paper; the

models are draped and photographed; if Herbst is satisfied, the

fabric goes into production. Designs shown under production are the

Miss Australia portrait, a montage of sporting personalities and gum

leaves. Completed garments are modelled featuring the Rita

Hayworth and Ali Khan, Helvetia and Horse fabrics. Also shown are

ties, scarves and handkerchiefs. Duration is 3 minutes.

Arrangement:


Box Number: 1

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