Chair from Australia

St Heliers

1840-1850

Chair, [casuarina] wood/[kangaroo] leather, unknown maker, [NSW], Australia, [1830-1850].

Powerhouse

A rustic wooden chair with a hide seat is presented against a white background. The chair has a ladder-back design with three horizontal slats and four legs. Chair, [casuarina] wood/[kangaroo] leather, unknown maker, [NSW], Australia, [1840-1850]. Chair, casuarina frame with kangaroo hide slung seat. High back with 3 triangular ladders with round ends pushed into round sockets in posts. Square legs with six round stretchers beneath, (two stretchers at front and right side, one at rear and left side). Seat widening out towards front, with a piece of kangaroo hide slung across the frame then wrapped over the rails and tied underneath with strips of kangaroo hide. Australian bush or country-made furniture is now widely acknowledged as forming a very significant part of our heritage. Althoug