Aristoc Industries

  • Maker (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
Aristoc Industries was a Victorian company founded by Ian Howard in 1946. Grant Featherstone acted design as director at some point (tenure uncertain). In 1968, the company was acquired by Australian Controls. Two years previously, they had acquired Fred Lowen's Fler Co. Ltd through a take-over offer, consolidating some of the nation's better furniture makers. They also produced Roger McLay's Kone chair under license.
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Citations

  • Australian Controls buys Aristoc. Canberra Times 10 April 1968, p.23

  • Fred Lowen. Dunera Boy, Furniture Designer, Artist. Prendergast Publishing, n.d., pp.164-166

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