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Margaret Cowling – Paintings

To contact Margaret:

Phone: 0438 298 743

Email: macowling@bigpond.com

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The Boulders

Saplings, Edgars Creek

Park and bush, Coburg Lake

Old Box, Highlands

Gentle Gully, Creswick

Dancing Trees, Creswick

Cool Morning, Merri Creek

Buds 3 (sold)

Loquats ($850)

The sky in the lake ($850)

Shhhh! (sold)

Fiery garden (nfs)

Williamstown ($750)

Breeze ($800)

One morning in Broome

Midsummer Lake (nfs)

One morning in Broome (sold)

Breakwater, Evans Head, NSW ($800)

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I'm very fond of tambour doors. The illusion of a rigid material, seemingly flexible, disappearing out of sight, bending around corners. When considering what to do with the upper drawer of each chest, I wanted to diverge from the convention of a pop-up mirror and lidded compartments. Thought I would create tambour lidded side boxes with sliding jewellery trays and a central compartment with a sliding lid instead. Nothing removeable.

With further details on the website, this attractive Japanese cha-dansu, or tea-utensil chest from the late Meiji period, c1890s. Prized keyaki (Japanese elm) in the door panels, with kiri wood as the other main show wood, and carcase in sugi. A steel base frame has been made to facilitate a more practical height, but can be removed. The forged, warabite (bracken style) handles and other ironwork adds contrast and character to the patinated timbers. I never tire of Japanese tansu!

It's interesting how the central stile, or the part of a chair you lean your back on, is called a "splat"! This one looks like a Georgian camelback.

As in the previous post, these cabinets form part of the same kitchen project. The marble counter top and melamine cabinets were already fitted and I chose English oak to create the facade. The robust counter top seemed to call for solid support so I went for "ogee" bracket feet, columns, and fielded panels in the doors. As in the cherrywood cabinet, had some fun with fake drawers. In addition, a recess in the wall at counter level seemed a good opportunity to use a tambour door cabinet.

These two cabinets form part of a kitchen commission, where function, in terms of utilising up-to-date hardware mechanisms, had to be accommodated. Not my usual work, but the task involved creating an eclectic look and the facades for a large number of white boxes. Ebonized European cherry. Painted finish completed by the client.

On a roll with the character building jobs so decided to include this George iii period kingwood, tulipwood and amboyna fold-over card table. A superb and elegant example of refinement. Not the sort of restoration that I was able to complete in a hurry! www.fineartandfurniture.com.au

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