Summary
Timber log, found in the workshop of the woodturning business of Adolph Bruhn & Son, South Melbourne, 1970-1990, and previously in Little Collins Street, Melbourne. The business made a wide range of wooden products, including tables and architectural mouldings, and undertook specialist turning tasks. Part of a collection of nearly 900 items, including a lathe, cutting tools, hand tools, products, workshop fittings, office equipment, portraits, and an accounts ledger.
Physical Description
Short, narrow tree trunk of undetermined species. Evidence along long of scars of smaller branches. Perhaps used as an alternative to saw-milled wood for grain and knots. Found in Area E4 of workshop.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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User
Adolph Bruhn & Son, 283 Coventry Street, South Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1970-1990
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Overall Dimensions
24 cm (Length), 98.5 cm (Height)
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Keywords
German Communities, German Immigration, Handcrafts, Woodturning Industry
