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Read • Go back in time with Brisbane’s two finest craftsmen
There is little furniture from the Arts and Crafts period in Queensland that can match the fluid carving of the art nouveau foliate motifs in … -
Read • Go back in time with Queensland’s commanding ‘Glengallan’ sideboard
The ‘Glengallan’ sideboard 1868 is one of Queensland’s most significant examples of heritage furniture. While the backboard depicts the national symbols of an emu … -
Read • LJ Harvey: A distinctively Australian style
Native to the eucalyptus forests of eastern Australia, the call of the laughing kookaburra is recognised by all, and just happens to be LJ Harvey … -
Read • O soothest Sleep comes easy in LJ Harvey’s ‘Bed of Peace’
On the occasion of World Sleep Day we take the opportunity to highlight this major work by Lewis Jarvis (LJ) Harvey — carved from Silky Oak … -
Read • LJ Harvey and his school
Lewis Jarvis (LJ) Harvey (1871−1949) was the single greatest influence on visual culture in Queensland in the first half of the twentieth century, this … -
Read • Edmund Rosenstengel provided the benchmark of excellence in his field
Edmund Rosenstengel, the most highly regarded furniture maker in Brisbane from the 1920s to the 1950s, provided the benchmark of excellence in his field for …