Summary

Alternative Name(s): Woodturning Pattern; Templet; Template; Stencil

Woodturning design made by A. Bruhn & Son circa 1970s-1990s. It was found hanging on hook next to a plane in Area D1 at Adolph Bruhn & Son's Wood Turners Shop, 283 Coventry Street, South Melbourne. The business was established by Adolph Bruhn circa 1893 in Little Collins Street, Melbourne. Upon his death in 1919 it was then operated by Adolph's son Sophus Christopher Bruhn. Upon Sophus's death in 1959 his son Sophus Walter Bruhn took over the business. In 1970 Sophus reduced the scale of the business and relocated to South Melbourne. The business closed upon Sophus's death in January 1990.

Adolph Bruhn migrated to Australia from Germany in 1884, at the age of 29. He arrived in Adelaide where he lived for 10 months before moving to Victoria, where he settled, established his business, married and had five children.

Physical Description

Design consists of pencil drawings, writing, measuring marks and measurements on both sides of a pale golden plank of wood. A round hole is cut in the centre of the top of the plank for the purpose of hanging/storing the design on the wall.

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