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Front cover from Wunderlich 'Illustrated Catalogue'

Front cover from Wunderlich 'Illustrated Catalogue'

Object No. A7437-31/2/5/1

This Wunderlich Catalogue the catalogue is divided into two parts: first, 'articles of general application' and secondly 'how the stock articles may be combined and utilised for decorative purposes, and illustrates the products of the Wunderlich Co.'s manufacture that have been adapted to special dimensions.' The company's special branches - fixing, decorative metal work, ventilation, electro-bronzing and decoration of metal work, metal spinning, and statuary and modelling are also emphasised. While 1888 is best remembered as Australia's Centenary it was also an important date for the new company formed by Ernest and Alfred Wunderlich as this was the year they patented their new zinc ceiling process. By the end of the century demand for their lightweight ceilings and roofs had grown to the point where they were used in preference to plaster in practically every major museum, church, hospital, town hall, school, railway station across Australia. By 1895 Wunderlich had completed the installation of new machinery at its Redfern Plant, in Sydney, and their being able to increase output is probably one of the main reasons they began printing catalogues. These catalogues were initially targeted at regional areas and served as both a resume of the work they had performed and a list of styles and methods of installation provided by the company. They also served another purpose which was to try to expand Wunderlich's business into more remote areas as … the success of our work in every Colony of the Australasian Group, has naturally stimulated the parasitic, not to say piratic, habit in the incompetent mimic and the cheap copyist. Geoff Barker, Assistant Curator, April 2010 References Wunderlich Catalogue 1895 Wunderlich Catalogue 1899

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Summary

Object Statement

Catalogue page, front cover of 'Illustrated Catalogue (Edition 1901)', Wunderlich Limited, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, May 1901

Physical Description

Catalogue page, front cover of 'Illustrated Catalogue (Edition 1901)', Wunderlich Limited, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, May 1901

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Acquisition Date

18 December 1980

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