Carl Ewald, ‘Gluepot’ Graetz of Graetztown, South Australia, David Bedford and Richard Phillips

Article from Vol 42 no 4, Nov 2020

Carl Ewald, ‘Gluepot’ Graetz of Graetztown, South Australia, David Bedford and Richard Phillips

Abstract:

German settlers in South Australia, notably in the Barossa and to a lesser extent in other parts of Australia, introduced a furniture style based on the rural carpentry traditions of their native lands, rather than the more common styles seen in Australia derived from British cabinetmaking. David Bedford and Richard Phillips review the common use of the term ‘Biedermeier’ to describe this style, and publish some examples attributed to the furniture workshop of the idiosyncratic cabinetmaker Carl Ewald ‘Gluepot’ Graetz (1865–1937) of Keyneton, South Australia.

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