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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
J. McCain Furniture
Founded by James McCain in 1926. The company also produced furniture in the 1950s and 1960s under the name JAYMAC.
Easden, Gerald, b. 1934
Easden was a furniture and interior designer working across the industry in the UK, Victoria and Canberra. He had extensive experience designing furniture and interiors ...
Ingham, George, b. 1940
Ingham was a furniture designer and maker with extensive training in England. He combined teaching, designing and making in the UK before taking a position ...
Smith, John, b. 1948
Smith was a furniture designer who came to Australia in 1970 to take up a position with the Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart. He later ...
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Smith, John, b. 1948
Smith was a furniture design and maker who initially trained in the graphic arts, later turning to 3-D design. Appointed Head of Wood/Furniture Design at ...
Heathcote, Rex, b. 1954
Heathcote is a furniture designer and maker trading as Rex Heathcote Furniture based in Launceston. He also manufactures furniture from other designers under license including ...
Goulder, Jon, b. 1970
Goulder is a furniture designer and maker who began his career in his family's furniture company E.W. Goulder and Sons, Bowral. He studied at the ...
King Furniture
King Furniture was founded in Sydney in 1977 by the King family. Initially, the furniture sold through a city marketplace later moving to a King ...