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An H. B. Dobbie New Zealand native timber fern specimen cabinet…
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Auckland
Date:
16-Nov-2009
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Description:
An H. B. Dobbie New Zealand native timber fern specimen cabinet made in Whangarei. This very important historical cabinet was constructed and carved by H. B. Dobbie (b.1852 England, arrived in New Zealand after 1875 and died 1940). Herbert Dobbie was an engineer, traveller, writer, botanist and expert wood carver. He travelled extensively on his penny farthing bicycle and on foot collecting ferns as he went in order to collate the first book on New Zealand ferns in 1880. He built a house and a fernery in Market Rd where he lived out the rest of his life, the cabinet contains 19th century fern specimens, together with a 3rd edition New Zealand Ferns book. Width 166 cm. Height 108 cm. Depth 41 cm
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Furniture: Cabinets - Display