The Barossa folk: Germanic furniture and craft traditions in Australia, 1853-1994

Component identifier:

Series 9

Content Summary:

The Barossa folk: Germanic furniture and craft traditions in Australia was published by Craftsman House in 1995. It describes the arrival of migrant European craftsman and women in the early nineteenth century to the Barossa Valley and other regions of Australia and explores their influence on the Barossa cultural landscape through the practice of traditional crafts and folk art. While the majority of the text relates to furniture making and its traditions there are also chapters on ceramics, ironwork, foil art, pokerwork and textiles.

This series consists of correspondence, drafts, field note books, index cards, research files, artwork and galley proofs.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was donated to the Library by Noris Ioannou in 1997 under the Taxation for the Arts Incentive Scheme.

Names:

Noris Ioannou

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