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Colour – Mahogany (yellow) Age – Unknown (Refer manufacturers info below) Maybe mid to late 1920's??? Solid timber – no chipboard or veneer Lovely carvings on the backboard and on the pull down writing section. Brass handles and key locks – does come with a key Inside the writing area are 4 large & 2 smaller vertical pigeon holes and 1 horizontal. On either side is a pull out draw compartment. The top section (backboard) can be unscrewed from the book like ends attached to the desk with screws. The desk has one draw only and no cupboards. On the very bottom is a large open shelf – height of the shelf from the ground is 15cm. The item does have usage normal marks & scratches on it as you would expect for its age - but still looking great. This item has the Foy & Gibson stamp on the back (refer picture) and I have included some information below to help date this item. The stamp also states European Labour only. Not sure if this implies they imported this piece from overseas.
MEASUREMENTS
Height – Total height (measured at the middle top section) – 134cm Height to the flat section – 111cm Length – 76cm Width – 39cm
FOY & GIBSON
Glasgow-born William Gibson immigrated to Australia in 1882, working as a representative for a major white goods wholesaler before entering into a partnership in a drapery store in Collingwood in 1883 with Francis Foy, son of Sydney draper Mark Foy. The partnership was dissolved after a disagreement in mid-1884, and William Gibson became the sole proprietor. He set about improving his overseas buying organisation and regularly sent his departmental buyers overseas. When the business expanded in the late 1880s, Gibson was joined by William Dougal and by his nephews Samuel Gibson and John Maclellan. He opened a hardware department and then established a department store modelled on the Parisian Bon Marché.
In Glasgow when news of the 1893 bank crashes arrived, Gibson returned to Melbourne, where he kept his store going through hard work and 'dogged determination'. He used the depression to establish his own manufacturing works for men's clothing, shirts, ladies' underclothing, millinery, furniture, bedding and hardware, and he developed the large 'Gibsonia' woollen and hosiery mills. By the early 20th century Gibson's store and manufacturing works, one of the largest employers in Victoria, dominated the Wellington and Smith streets area. A second store - the Big Store - opened in Chapel Street, Prahran, in 1902. After Gibson died in 1918, the firm was carried on by his nephew John Maclellan until it was taken over in 1955 by Cox Brothers, which went into liquidation in 1968.
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PLS NOTE COLLECTION WILL HAVE TO BE PRIOR TO THE 19TH NOVEMBER OR AFTER THE 29TH NOVEMBER – THANK YOU
ITEMS CAN BE COLLECTED FROM GLEN IRIS (VIC) 3146
THIS ITEM IS HEAVY AND ON COLLECTION YOU WILL NEED TO PLS SUPPLY 2 PEOPLE TO HELP COLLECT/MOVE.
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Genuine bidders only please. If you don't want it, please do not bid. PAYMENT ON COLLECTION – CASH ONLY. Details will be available to the winning bidder only. Contact needs to be made within 5 days or I have to assume it never will be. The item will be re-listed and a non-paying bidder alert will be filed with EBay.
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