Fred Ward Blackwood Easy Chairs, c. 1950
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Fred Ward (Australian, 1900-1990), Pair of blackwood Easy Chairs, designed c. 1950, each with wing back and curved armrests, no cushions (2), height 85 cm width 70.5 cm depth 62.5 cm. Provenance: Originally designed for the Common Room of University House, Australian National University, Canberra, c. 1950, Labels: cf. for comparison Derek F. Wrigley, Fred Ward, Australian Pioneer Designer 1900-1990, 2013, P. 110
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- Blackwood - One of the best known and most widely used Australian timbers, blackwood (acacia melanoxylon), is a member of the Acacia (wattle) family and grows in eastern Australia from about Adelaide in South Australia, as far north as Cairns in Queensland.
The largest, straightest and tallest trees come from the wet forest and swamps of north-west Tasmania where it is grown commercially.
Blackwood timber colours range across a wide spectrum, from a very pale honey colour through to a dark chocolate with streaks of red tinge.
The hardwood timber has been commonly used in the production of furniture, flooring, and musical instruments in Australia from the late 19th century. However, the straight grain timber is not the most prized or valuable, that honour falls to blackwood with a wavy, fiddleback pattern, which is used both in the solid and as a veneer. Fiddleback was only used on the finest examples of furniture.
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