Tilt-top table
c. 1870tilt-top table made from jarrah
This table was made at Greenough by a local carpenter, Frederick Pead (1835-1876).
The table was inherited by his second daughter Caroline May (1866- died at West Perth 14/01/1939), who married Robert Alexander Quinn at Greenough in 1886. The next owner was their daughter, Mary Alice (Queenie) Telford (nee Quinn) (1887-1943). She later gave the table (by now used in Perth) to her daughter, Violet Ruby Kenworthy (nee Telford) (1919-2004). When Violet had to move into a retirement home the table was given to a distant cousin, Carol Childers (1945-2009). The table then passed on to Carol’s mother, Joy Clinch, who sold it to Gary Martin in 2011.
The table was purchased for this collection in September 2020.
Details
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Examples of colonial furniture made at Greenough are rare, so this is an important piece for the collection. It also has excellent provenance.
Western Australia
Australia
The object 'Tilt-top (Pead) table' (GMOB1043) has high aesthetic significance, given its (form, colour, texture) and has some rarity value. The item has low scientific significance, although being representative of the class FURNITURE/Domestic in good condition. The item has historic significance for the local community and has good interpretive potential. This item has some social significance given it was owner CAROLINE MAY PEAD(1886,1939), owner CAROL CHILDERS(2000,2009), owner GARY JAMES MARTIN(2011,2020),
Greenough Museum and Gardens
Greenough Museum and Gardens
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- Vehicle number plate GH 4
- Greenough Road Board dog license discs
- Shire of Greenough invitation
- St Catherine's Guild for Girls minute book
- Greenough Church of England Guild minute book
- Greenough Church of England Guild minute book
- Greenough Church of England Guild minute book
- Greenough Anglican Ladies Guild minute book
- Greenough Anglican Ladies Guild minute book
- Greenough Church of England Vestry minute book
- Greenough Anglican Ladies Guild minute book
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