Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.
A Cafe Australia dining chair, blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon),…
Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
19-Jul-2016
Lot No.
***
Description:
A Cafe Australia dining chair, blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), plywood and leather designed by Marion mahoney Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin, 1916, being part of the furnishing of the 'Fern Room' in Melbourne's Cafe Australia, located at 268-274 Collins Street Melbourne. Manufactured by H. Goldman Manufacturing Co. Melbourne, the chair having an inverted pylon form back, upholstered to the upper section, the lower section having a circular upholstered seat, supported on splayed tapering square form legs joined by stretchers, 97 cm high, 46 cm diameter. Literature: Michael Bogle, 'The Cafe Australia', Australiana, Sydney, Vol. 18, No. 4, November 1996, p. 92 (illustrated, another example), Jeff Turnbull and Peter Y. Navaretti (eds), The Griffins in Australia and India: The Complete Works and Projects of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion mahony Griffin, The Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 1998, p. 136, Anne Watson (ed.), Beyond Architecture: Marion mahony and Walter Burley Griffin in America, Australia and India, Powerhouse Publishing, Sydney, 1998, pp. 128, 129, 130, (illustrated, another example)
Estimate:
***
Price:
***
Category:
Unclassified