Summary
Woodturning sample, made by Adolph Bruhn & Son, South Melbourne, circa 1980-1990.
The woodturning business of Adolph Bruhn & Son operated in South Melbourne, 1970-1990, and previously in Little Collins Street, Melbourne, circa 1897-1970. 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
Furniture leg made from gold-coloured wood with rectangular base segment, rectangular body which tapers towards the top, and a rectangular top segment. The bottom end is flat and the square, flat top end has a cross deeply incised into the surface. This cross is probably some type of joining fixture. The leg is heavily inscribed and marked with lead pencil and blue crayon. Found in Area A of workshop.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Maker
Adolph Bruhn & Son, 283 Coventry Street, South Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1970-1985
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Place Made
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Inscriptions
Inscribed: Blackwood 86/3/2 x 2/4 Drums Hoop Pine 154/3/Hoop Pine 72/3/Drum 13/4 x 1 3/4/68 Top/5 22 This end/right.
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Classification
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
5 cm (Length), 5 cm (Width), 91 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Furniture, German Communities, German Immigration, Handcrafts, Woodturning Industry, Working Life
