Author: Ellis, Elizabeth.
Title: Rare and Curious: The Secret History of Governor Macquarie's Collector's Chest.
Description: Melbourne / Sydney Miegunyah / Melbourne University Press (MUP) / State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW), 2011. Reprint ed. Hardback oblong quarto, pictorial covers, very good condition, colour & black & white & a few sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minimal edgewear. 275 pp. This fascinating book is about the secret histories of the Macquarie and Dixson Galleries collectors chests. The Macquarie collectors' chest is an enigmatic wooden cabinet filled with painted panels and exotic treasures, created in Australia for Governor Lachlan Macquarie around 1818. It was taken to the United Kingdom, and left forgotten and unnoticed in a Scottish castle until it was rediscovered in the late 1970s. The Mitchell Library of New South Wales acquired the chest, and its remarkable similarity to the Dixson Galleries collectors chest, acquired by the Library in 1937, raised questions about the cabinets creators, owners and purpose. The chest is filled with more than 150 stunning photos and paintings. This beautiful book tells the story of these unusual chests. ISBN: 9780522861174

Keywords: australian history, collecting, collectibles, homes, furniture, new south wales, sydney, britain 9780522861174


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