A specimen wood conversation settee of Exhibition quality, with armchairs ensuite, circa 1900, the two seater settee inlaid with specimen timbers, the back and seat designed with a pair of semi-circles composed of radiating chevron arcs to a repeating patterned ground of hexagons, the sides with segments of semi-circles, all within multiple geometric borders, the pair of arm chairs similarly decorated and including both sides of back panels, original patina, Settee 86 cm high, 126.5 cm wide, 67 cm deep. Other Notes: Furniture inlaid with specimen timbers appeared in items produced by the 19th century cabinet makers, such as Anton Seuffert, Jewell and Sons and others in New Zealand and Henry Hugentobler and Conrad Sturm and other European and Australian cabinet makers