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Lefroy's Sitting Room
Overview
In the curtained bay window is a pedestal table with flowers, flanked by two balloon backed chairs. On the patterned carpet is a matching armchair on the right, and on the left is a low table with tea kettle.
Historical information
John Lefroy (1905-1998) was the son of William Gerald Lefroy and Ada Lefroy nee (nee Hamersley).
Maida Winsome Sharkey (1906-1997) was the daughter of Raymond John and Florence Edith Sharkey nee Ray.
John and Maida married in 1932. They lived at 16 Reserve Street, Claremont.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-28--9-326
Item type
Themes
Inscriptions and markings
Note on the rear [Maida's house, Riley Rd] and written in pencil [The blur on the chair is the kitten/ she got up and stretched herself/ and walked across the room./ It was really very amusing/ consequently she is/ only a blur./ This is where I eat!/ It looks rather like Buckingham Palace.]
Contextual information
Australian social history from the collection of photographs and albums donated to the museum by Raymond Sharkey's family.
Raymond John Sharkey an architect, surveyor and amateur photographer was born in 1868 in New South Wales. Raymond was a Claremont resident when he died at an early age.
Last modified
Thursday, 14 August, 2025
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Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Copyright category
Life of creator +70 years
Attribution requirements
Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 09.326'.
Copyright holder
Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010
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Lefroy's Sitting Room
Source: Claremont Museum 09.326
Source: Claremont Museum 09.326
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