A friend in NSW just helped his daughter construct her first ever home made wooden chair. I had to say: Chairs can be an art form, a passion and make you famous. There is one chair maker whose works and name will always be remembered: George Peddle. I found a QVMAG webpage with some bio, announcement of an ongoing exhibition (http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/qvmag/index.php?c=189) plus a 9-minute film at YouTube in which Denis Lake explains how George Peddle and brother-in-law Harry Hearn used different turning patterns in their chair legs. He says Geo. Peddle lived in Hobart 1884-1888, moved to Windmill Hill in the north of Tasmania, joined by his brother-in-law Harry Hearn "also a High Wycombe trained chair maker.. who came out about 1895 ... by that time Geo was already at Nabowla." George made chairs until about 1909. Denis . See this short QVMAG film "Tasmanian chairmakers, George Peddle and Harry Hearn." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKgDbXwN32E&feature=youtu.be .
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Phillip Mahnken
8/11/2015 04:22:50 pm
There is a snapshot biography of George Peddle's career in Tasmania at an antiques valuation and auction site. Scroll down for lots of chair photos. http://www.carters.com.au/.../3668-peddle-george.../ [There are a couple of factual errors in that summary that we must tell them about.] Also "George Peddle chairs were also in demand, when a set of three chairs, with one bearing a stamp of ‘G. Peddle Chair Makers Hobart’ achieved $7,800 (EBP). After paying the additional buyer’s premium, each chair cost the buyer $2,990." So reports Australiana: Researching, collecting and preserving Australia's heritage
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Catherine
10/12/2015 09:29:40 pm
There is a book that has recently been released, or is about to be released about George Peddle. Must keep an eye out for it. The design work for the book is by Louise Thrush, who also worked with a Heritage Lilydale's exhibition in April this year. Small world.
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