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Page from Wunderlich catalogue 'Ceiling Designs'

Page from Wunderlich catalogue 'Ceiling Designs'

Object No. A7437-31/2/7/21

The 1903 Wunderlich Catalogue, Section 2 Ceiling designs, including the latest designs, a price list and instructions for installation. The increased demand meant that in 1903 Wunderlich vastly expanded its range of designs, especially in steel ceilings, and also began to publish its catalogue in three separate parts. This section also includes photomechanical prints and illustrations of ceiling designs O, A, T, S, R, N, V, W, C, H, J, D, F, K & X. It also contains illustrations of columns and counter designs from Webber Lohmann & Co. and the Palace Theatre in Sydney. 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, page 25 and title page of 'Catalogue Edition 1903 Section 2 Ceiling Designs', Wunderlich Limited, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1903

Physical Description

Catalogue page, page 25 and title page of 'Catalogue Edition 1903 Section 2 Ceiling Designs', Wunderlich Limited, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1903

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Acquisition Date

18 December 1980

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