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McLarty, John, b. 1812
Farmer and furniture maker John McLarty specialized in bridge building but also made family furniture.
Ebenston, Joshua, b. 1835
Joshua Ebenston was a skilled cabinet-maker in colonial Brisbane. However, because furniture from his workshop was unmarked we know of the quality of his work ...
Peddle, James, b. 1862
Peddle was one of the principals of the firm later known as Peddle Thorp and Walker (PTW). His early work in Australia was in interior ...
Coleman, Alfred Benjamin, b. 1885
Alfred Benjamin Coleman (1885-1948) was a Victorian painter of landscapes and seascapes, active also in local art societies. He began his working life in the ...
Rosenstengel, Edmund, b. 1887
Rosenstengel is the principal of Rosenstengel Brisbane, a designer and maker of domestic furniture. He began his career at Rosenstengel & Kleimeyer, Toowoomba QLD, later ...
Lander, Cyril George, b. 1892
Cyril George Lander was born in 1892. He was a painter, cabinetmaker and restorer of antique furniture. He was made a Fellow of the Royal ...
Low, Stuart, b. 1896
Low was an interior designer and founder member Society of Interior Designers of Australia, His career began in 1928. He worked out of a "Salon" ...
Buzacotts & Company Ltd
Buzacotts (Qld) Ltd designed & manufactured chrome steel tube furniture under the brand "Steeluxe". (NB: Design historian Virginia Wright UTS) maintains Steeluxe furniture was not ...
Ratner, Saul, b. 1900
Saul Ratner worked as a designer and maker for J. Ratner & Co., founded by Joseph Ratner in 1911 in Camden St, Newtown, a suburb ...
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Fooks, Ernest, b. 1906
Progressive European-trained emigre architect who made important contributions to architectural and cultural life of Melbourne during and after World War II. Fooks' practice also encompassed ...
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Reves, George, b. 1910
George Reves (sometimes spelt Reeves) was an architect and designer of commercial interiors and buildings in Sydney. He registered as an architect in NSW in ...
Hearn Bros. and Stead
Hearn Bros. and Stead was started by emigre twin brothers Henry and Ernest Hearn, sons of cabinetmaker/chair maker Walter Vincent Hearn. The company is known ...
Orlay, Susan, b. 1913
Orlay "trained in furniture design and graphic arts at the Schools of Applied Art in Budapest, Stuttgart and Vienna". While studying, she worked as a ...
Duffecy, John Henry Canterbury, b. 1919
John Duffecy was a self-taught furniture designer and maker whose business, John Duffecy Furniture, operated from a showroom at 5-Ways, Glenmore Rd, Paddington, in the ...
Rodeck, Ernest, b. 1919
Rodeck was a trained engineer who collaborated with Fred Ward to found FLER furniture.
Stapleton, Russell Kenneth, b. 1919
Stapleton was a principal of Standis Furniture Pty Ltd, North Richmond, Victoria. Standis produced period reproductions as well as a line of Danish Modern furniture ...
Robinson, Arthur J., b. 1921
Robinson trained as a graphic designer at East Sydney Technical College and from his studio in Sydney, later in Canberra, he worked for a diverse ...
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Featherston, Grant, b. 1922
Featherston was an Industrial design and design industry leader. Recognised for his furniture and exhibition work in partnership with Mary Featherston, he helped to form ...
de Gruchy, Joy, b. 1922
De Gruchy established a design studio "Craftsman's Market", Toowong, QLD in 1962 offering design goods such as Marimekko & Danish-inspired furniture. Her husband, Graham de ...
Howard, Ian, b. 1923
Howard is the founder of Aristoc, a Melbourne furniture design and manufacturing firm (1946-1968). Aristoc produced furniture for Grant Featherstone, Fred Lowen, Ernst Rodeck, William ...