Summary

Wooden lamp base created by Adolph Bruhn & Son, circa 1970 - 1990. It was taken from Area A 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

Small, elaborately turned lamp base made from varnished, chestnut-coloured wood. White and black plastic electric socket with switch is fixed to the top of the wooden body. A white plastic electric cord emerges from a hole in the centre of the base and passes through a hole in the side before leaving the lamp body. The cord has a plug at the end and has been tied into a neat coil.

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