Fred Ward Writing Table and Storage Unit Set
1963 Fred Ward writing table and return. Original office set comprising 'TWO2' writing table and 'SL06' storage unit. Queensland maple construction with 'Floating' top and exposed square dovetails, width 72.05 in., height 29.13 in., depth 36.22 in. Storage unit of matching construction with two drawers and shelved cupboard height 26.38 in., width 30.31 in., depth 17.32 in. Lot includes three original Fred Ward blueprints of both pieces plus oblique projection of the set. Provenance: H C Nugget Coombs; Janet Coombs, Sydney.
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- Maple - Maple, native to North America, is a dense heavy timber from light to yellow-brown in colour. It has very little distincive graining unless it is one of the variants such as birds-eye maple or burr maple, so was not used extensively for furniture in 18th and 19th century, where cabinetmakers and designers preferred timbers with more distinctive features such as mahogany, walnut, rosewood and oak.
Birds-eye maple has a seres of small spots linked by undulating lines in the grain, is highly sough and is used as a decorative veneer. Burr maple has larger and irregular grain swirls than birds-eye maple.
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