Myra Mogg's 'Rough Design Book'

Mogg, Myra

1930-1945

Notebook, 'Rough Design Book', used by Myra Mogg, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 1930-1945

Powerhouse

A worn, open notebook with handwritten text and a sketched circle on its cover. A worn, open notebook with handwritten text and a sketched circle on its cover. Notebook with plain cardboard covers and lined pages, with about 40 pages of drawings of clothing, accessory designs and related notes by Myra Mogg. Remaining pages left blank. This small sketchbook was used by Myra Mogg (1906-1967), a prize-winning knitter and designer whose garments are some of the finest examples of handknitting in the Powerhouse collection. In addition to her knitting, Mogg designed other forms of clothing and accessories such as jewellery and buttons. There are examples of each of these in Mogg's sketchbook, which she desingated as