COLONIAL

A WA Colonial jarrah dining table c 1880. The top is constructed of two planks with thumbnail moulding to the edges. The turned legs are of a type distinct to Western Australia. The piece has great colour.

An Anglo Chinese Regency teak whatnot c1830. A single drawer beneath the teak shelves have the most glorious colour. Shown with a wonderful George II style armchair with its original embossed leather upholstry in excellent condition c1900.

A WA colonial sheoak coffer c1870. A rare example with a domed top and full sheoak throughout and with sensational colour and grain. As with the sheok table, rare to find this timber used.

A WA colonial jarrah bedside cabinet c1880. Bedside cabinets are rarely found, being a luxury item in a struggling colony.

A WA Colonial jarrah desk with leather insert c1870. Writing desks with leather surfaces were very unusual in colonial Western Australia. This piece has fine turnings, a single central drawer and is of square proportions.

A rare WA colonial jarrah and blackbutt wine table c1880. The finely turned jarrah column terminates in a wonderfully oversized acorn finial and is supported on double scrolled legs. The octagonal top is of golden coloured blackbutt with a fine original patina. Wine tables are amongst the rarest of things being made only for the wealthiest of households.

A WA colonial jarrah side table c1870. Two plank top with thumbnail moulded edge and finely turned legs. The piece has a wonderful mellow colour.

A WA Colonial jarrah sideboard c1870. This sideboard has typical decorative features in colonial period furniture: shaped drawers, small carved decorative brackets and applied shield fronts to the doors. Such a large piece would have been made for an important household in the colony. The top is made of one sensational plank, and whole piece has a wonderful colour.

A WA colonial circular dining table c1860. This tilt-top tripod table has a fine elongated vase turned column and finial; the plain, deeply shaped legs terminating in paterae; this is a style which owes much to patterns of occasional tables in the early 19th century.

A charming WA naive oil of Orange Farm on the Blackwood River c1890. This subject is a farm on the Blackwood River between Nappup and Bridgetown. The Brockman Highway now follows the path of the track in the picture. The farm was one of three land grants to the Wheatley brothers, who each built stone and brick houses all of which still exist. The picture is in its original early Australian gilt frame.