1970s Chiswell Blackwood Dining Chairs Set with Corduroy Seats
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Set of dining chairs, c.1970s by Chiswell furniture. Set of six in blackwood with cigar legs and corduroy upholstered seats in earthen tones. Height 78 cm.
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- Blackwood - One of the best known and most widely used Australian timbers, blackwood (acacia melanoxylon), is a member of the Acacia (wattle) family and grows in eastern Australia from about Adelaide in South Australia, as far north as Cairns in Queensland.
The largest, straightest and tallest trees come from the wet forest and swamps of north-west Tasmania where it is grown commercially.
Blackwood timber colours range across a wide spectrum, from a very pale honey colour through to a dark chocolate with streaks of red tinge.
The hardwood timber has been commonly used in the production of furniture, flooring, and musical instruments in Australia from the late 19th century. However, the straight grain timber is not the most prized or valuable, that honour falls to blackwood with a wavy, fiddleback pattern, which is used both in the solid and as a veneer. Fiddleback was only used on the finest examples of furniture. - Chiswell Furniture - A furniture design and manufacturing firm with offices in Guildford NSW. Their timber furniture range covers Australian modernist styles to abbreviated period reproduction styles. Chiswell Bros. began in 1920 supplying furniture for Grace Bros. working with solid timber and veneers in period styles. Their range later sold to the major Sydney department stores.
Source: Design & Art Australia Online
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