Search the collections

Woodturning Design - Adolph Bruhn & Son, Furniture Parts, circa 1970-1990 Reg. No: SH 912510

Summary:: Alternative Name(s): Woodturning Pattern; Templet; Template; Stencil

Wooden woodturning design created by Adolph Bruhn & Son, circa 1970 - 1990. It was found in a pile of woodturned objects in Area B2 at Adolph Bruhn & Son's Wood Turners Shop, 283 Coventry Street, South Melbourne. The business was established by Adolph Bruhn circa 1893 in Little Collins Street, Melbourne. Upon his death in 1919 it was then operated by Adolph's son Sophus Christopher Bruhn. Upon Sophus's death in 1959 his son Sophus Walter Bruhn took over the business. In 1970 Sophus reduced the scale of the business and relocated to South Melbourne. The business closed upon Sophus's death in January 1990.

Adolph Bruhn migrated to Australia from Germany in 1884, at the age of 29. He arrived in Adelaide where he lived for 10 months before moving to Victoria, where he settled, established his business, married and had five children.
Description:: Design drawn in lead pencil on one face of a thin, light gold- coloured balsa-wood plank. Design is quite complex and depicts two furniture parts with associated measurements. Measuring marks run down the left side of both faces of the plank. A hole is situated in the centre of the top of the plank for storing the design on the wall.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	0.20 cm (Height), 10.50 cm (Width), 60.80 cm (Length)

Tagged with:	german communities, german immigration, woodturning industry, handcrafts, wooden patterns
Themes this item is part of:	Bruhn Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection
Primary Classification:	TRADES
Secondary Classification:	Woodturning
Tertiary Classification:	patterns
Maker:	Adolph Bruhn & Son, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1970 - 1990
Maker:	Mr Sophus Bruhn - Adolph Bruhn & Son, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1780 - 1990