Title: Made to order
Description: During the three decades that followed the discovery of gold in the 1850s, Melbourne saw the construction of elaborate Gothic Revival public and commercial buildings and mansions built on a grand scale. Foremost in furnishing these buildings was the cabinet manufactory of Geo Thwaites & Son. This book illuminates the lives of not only the company's owners but the artisans, whose contribution to the fabric of colonial and Victorian society has been largely overlooked. Made to order provides a fascinating insight into colonial Melbourne and features an extraordinary range of furniture that is testament to the quality of the Thwaites' workmanship.
Subjects: Furniture design, Furniture industry and trade, Cabinetmakers, History, Arts, australia, Colonial Furniture, Pictorial works, George Thwaites and Sons
Places: Australia, Victoria