Furnishing Van Diemen's Land – Tasmanian Furniture of the Early Colonial Period 1803–1870 | Peter Hughes | 2026 [NEW – Large HCDJ]

Peter Hughes's comprehensive study of furniture made in Van Diemen's Land during the early colonial period — the most thorough treatment of this subject since Craig, Fahy and Robertson's Early Colonial Furniture in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (1972).

Hughes is TMAG's Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and has spent years researching colonial Tasmanian furniture and the use of indigenous timbers in Tasmanian cabinet-making. This 2026 publication draws on that research to document what was made, who made it, what timbers were used, and how the colony's furniture tradition developed across its first seven decades.

At 245 indexed pages in large hardcover format, this is the definitive current reference for collectors, dealers, auctioneers, heritage architects and anyone researching or valuing early Tasmanian colonial furniture. The 1972 Craig/Fahy/Robertson Early Colonial Furniture and other out-of-print Tasmanian titles are also commonly available from The Book Cellar.

BOOK DETAILS

• Large hardcover with dust jacket.
• 245 pages, indexed.
• Published 2026

CONDITION

New.

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