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Extraordinary Marquetry Table By William Cotterell, inspired by…
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Extraordinary Marquetry Table By William Cotterell, inspired by the Sam Stuart portrait of Tamati Waka Nene, the famous Ngapuhi chieftain and friendly ally of the British, who undertook to protect the settlers against Heke. Raising a force to punish Heke and his fighting general Kawiti, Waka Nene pursued them until they were compelled to retire. This extraordinarily table captures the strengh of Waka Nene in the landscape of New Zealand. Freshly returned from David Hordern's restoration studios in London in 1990 William. Cottrell undertook the challenge of creating a marquetry table of equal quality to those made by masters of 19th century European cabinetmaking. Satisfied, and unlikely to ever repeat this feat, William Cottrell devoted himself to the area of New Zealand colonial furniture and eventually wrote his authoritative text, Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era. d70 cm H78 cm.
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