A Catalogue and History of Cottage Chairs in Australia

by Peter Cuffley and Kevin Carney

Pioneer Design Studio, 1980, colour and black and white plates and photographs, paperback

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, tear to page 60,no inscriptions (see photographs)

"While many books cover the history of the chair quite adequately, we have in Australia very little information available on the ancestry and origin of the common chair.
Collectors and decorators are familiar with the names and general types of cottage chairs but when it comes to dating a particular piece, establishing its country of origin, and the method of manufacture, the going becomes difficult.  As factory production took over from handwork, the quantities produced rose enormously so that our 'Antique' and 'Bric-a-brac' shops are more likely to offer common mass-produced chairs in what seems a never ending supply."