Furniture

Books

Australian Furniture: Pictorial History and Dictionary 1788-1938. Compiled by Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson. Sydney: Casuarina Press, 1999.

BRAWER, Nicholas. British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas 1740-1914. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001.

BRAWER, Nicholas. Britain's Portable Empire: campaign furniture of ths Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian Periods. [Exhibition catalogue: 8 July - 30 September 2001]. New York: Katonah Museum of Art, 2001.

CLIFFORD, Craig, FAHY, Kevin, and ROBERTSON, E. Graeme. Early Colonial Furniture in New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land. Melbourne: Georgian House, 1972.

ELLIS, Elizabeth. Rare & Curious: the secret history of Governor Macquarie's Collectors' Chest. Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 2010.

Essential Baggage: campaign furniture and travel equipment of the 18th, 19th and early 20th century. Christopher Clark (Antiques) Ltd. [Catalogue: 9-23 October 2004]. Stow on the Wold, UK: 2004.

Exotica: the Macquarie Collector's Chest in the Picture Gallery, State Library of New South Wales. Sydney: State Library of New South Wales, c2005.

FAHY, Kevin, SIMPSON, Christine, and SIMPSON, Andrew. Nineteenth Century Australian Furniture. Darlinghurst: David Ell Press, 1985.

JAFFER, Amin. Furniture from British India and Ceylon: a catalogue of the collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London: V&A Publications, 2001.

The Portable Empire: a catalogue of 18th, 19th and early 20th century campaign furniture and travel equipment. Christopher Clark (Antiques) Ltd. [Catalogue: 2003]. Stow on the Wold, UK: 2003.

Journal Articles

Bickersteth, J. "The Three Macquarie Chairs." Australiana Vol 14, Part 1, February 1992, pp. 11-14.

Broadbent, James. "The Regency in Australia." The Australian Antique Collector Vol.43, Jan-June,1992, pp.35-39.

Butler, Barbara and Kelly, David St. L. "Lawrence Butler." Australiana February 2009 pp.10-34.

Crosbie, R.A. "The Carpenter's Workshop and Furniture Making at the Sydney Lumber Yard in 1821 and 1822." Australiana Vol.16, No.2, 1994, pp.42-48.

Crouch, Caressa. 'Convict-Provenanced Furniture in Australia'. Australiana Vol 20 no 1, February 1998 pp.7-19.

Fahy, Kevin. "Old Government House Parramatta: the Furniture." The Australian Antique Collector No.41, Jan/June 1991, pp.40-44.

Watson, Ann. "Governor Macquarie's Armchair." in Decorative Arts and Design From The Powerhouse Museum (ed.) Elizabeth Bilney. Sydney, Powerhouse Publishing, 1991 p.54.

Watson, Ann. "The Macquarie Chair - a Well-Travelled Piece of History." Craft Australia Spring 1984, Issue 3, pp.69 - 71.

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