John Wilson Carey and his ‘Queensland’ cabinet timbers, David Bedford

Article from Vol 46 no 4, November 2024

John Wilson Carey and his ‘Queensland’ cabinet timbers, David Bedford

Abstract:

Scottish-born immigrant cabinetmaker John Wilson Carey (1829–1902) made two exceptional items of Queensland
cabinetwork in the 1870s which still exist today. His skilful use of many different Queensland timber veneers makes them
cabinetmaking tours de force. Dr David Bedford explores what they reveal of the use of cabinet timbers in Queensland and his
parquetry veneering designs. He explores the challenges in translating the common names used for timbers in the 1870s to
the current common and botanical names of those timbers.

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