Australian Colonial cedar hall chair, c. 1860, the waisted back carved with acanthus leaves and a central raised shield panel, over a plain trapezoidal seat with curbed front, above a moulded seat rail, raised on ring turned front legs and saber back legs, height 94 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney. Other Notes: this chair is illustrated in Australian furniture, Pictoral history and Dictionary 1788-1938 by Kevin Fahy and Andrew simpson, Sydney, 1998, p. 244