Desk Tidy c1910
Maker unknown
Registration number
1092024
Artist/maker
Maker unknown
Title
Desk Tidy
Production date
c1910
Medium
wood, silver, wax
Dimensions (H x W x D)
45 x 19 x 24.5 cm
Inscriptions
Front panel: GIVEN / TO THE / LORD MAYOR & CORPORATION / OF THE / CITY OF MELBOURNE / BY / Sir Thomas D. Gibson Carmichael / GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA / ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING / OF THE / NEW BUILDINGS / AT THE / TOWN HALL / AUGUST 9TH 1910
Back panel: "THE RED GUM LOG FROM WHICH THIS BOX WAS MADE ONCE FORMED PART OF A CORDUROY ROAD ALONG LITTLE BOURKE ST. It was quite sound when cut out by workmen excavating an Electric wire Tunnel in Post Office Place WHERE IT HAD LAIN FOR MORE THEN 60 YEARS. The colour of the mouldings is due to the action of water on the outside of the log."
Credit line
Presented by Sir Thomas D. Gibson Carmichael (Governor of Victoria), 1910
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
Keywords
Melbourne Town Hall, Lord Mayor, Sir Thomas D. Carmichael, Governor of Victoria, Little Bourke St, Post Office Place, Red Gum, Corduroy Road, Desk tidy