Vintage Australia linen tea towel

Outstanding colours in this vintage Australia linen tea towel, never-been-used tea towel depicting Australia that dates to the 1960s. The tea towel, made in Ireland, is tagged as fast colours with the design by Lamont. A boomerang points south towards a map of Australia where, strangely, the ACT and Tasmania are missing! Canberra’s Old Parliament House however makes an appearance in the bottom half of the design, along with kangaroos, koalas, banksia and waratah flowers. A beautiful piece of vintage Australiana.

About the designer: Lamont

One of Ireland’s most promiment linen weaving companies, Samuel Lamont & Sons Ltd. was established in 1830. The company began textile printing in the 1950s, printing promotional tea towels for several Commonwealth countries including England and Australia.

Era: 1960s

Label: Lamont

Material: 100% linen

Measurements:

57cm wide (22.5 inches) x 79cm high (31 inches)