Henry Black

  • Designer (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
Black is a designer/maker who apprenticed in Patternmaking at the Garden Island Naval Dockyard, later studying at the Canberra School of Art . He preferred to make his major pieces at Don Lee's workshop in Fyshwick rather than at the School of Art. Black won a major furniture commission for the 1988 Parliament House, Canberra working with architect Aldo Giurgola on the design of the parliamentary chairs.
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References [<ExternalResource: Michael Bogle and Peta Landman. Modern Australian Furniture. Craftsman House, 1989, pps.38-40>, <ExternalResource: "Henry Black in Profile." Woodworkers Guild of NSW (Newsletter), Dec. 1985, pp.2-3 (illust.)>] [<ExternalResource: Michael Bogle and Peta Landman. Modern Australian Furniture. Craftsman House, 1989, pps.38-40>]