OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE AND CURTILAGE HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2008–2013

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D. History of the Place Part D – Appendices Old Parliament House and Curtilage Heritage Management Plan <strong>2008–2013</strong> 299 Comparison of Tenders for Furniture Drawing No. Item: Dining Room Block Section 2C Fb 2 Hat trees (3), maple, waxed Fb 31 Small chair (58), cedar, waxed, finished in hide Fb 117 Fb 122 Tables 3’ diameter (1), blackwood, full polish Tub chair (8), cedar, waxed finish, hide Fb 128 Chess tables (2), blackwood, waxed Fb 132 Fb 145 Fb 158 Table, hoop pine (1) 3’6’ x 2’ Palm boxes (2), blackwood, full polish Billiard cupboard (1) maple, waxed A Pengelley & Co, Adelaide Myer Emporium, Melbourne Bebarfalds Ltd, Sydney 6/-/- * each item 4/4/6 4/13/- 5/-/- 5/3/- 5/10/3 12/-/- 6/6/6 9/1/5 13.1.4 13.7.5 11.0.0 15/-/- 13/6/- 8/12/8 3/-/- 2/5/- 2/1/1 5/7/6 7/9/6 5/13/10 27/-/- 28/9/3 20/8/5 * Prices quoted are for each individual item in pounds, shillings and pence. Beard Watson & Co Ltd, Sydney won the contract for the supply of the ceremonial furniture and the desks and seating in the Chambers 90 . Major contracts for the supply of furniture for Dining-Recreation Block and other areas in Provisional Parliament House were awarded as follows. Major Suppliers of Furniture Contract Contract 122. Furniture for Section D, Parliament House Contract 123 Furniture for Sections A and L, Parliament House Contract 124 Furniture Sections B, C and E, Parliament House Contract 134 Furniture Section 2B, Parliament House Contract 135, Furniture Section 2C, Parliament House Supplier Myer Emporium Pty Ltd, Melbourne Anthony Hordern and Sons, Sydney A Pengelly and Co, Adelaide Anthony Hordern and Sons, Sydney W H Rocke and Co, Melbourne Drawings of each furniture style were supplied to the contractors and were drawn to scale. Furniture was required to be made to the specified sizes and following the manner specified on the drawings. Where a dispute arose over sizes, the figures on the drawings were to be followed rather than the scaled dimensions. 91 Before any materials were to be cut, the working drawings and setting out boards were required to be inspected by an officer from the Federal Capital Commission. Nothing was left to chance. Each item of furniture was required to be marked with a reference number to correspond to its drawing. The letters ‘C.P.H.’ (Commonwealth Parliament House) and the drawing number were required to be marked in a uniform position on each piece of furniture. On some items, the mark was impressed with a stamp into the timber, on others the code was stencilled in black ink on the underside of the item. 92 90 Memorandum HM Rolland to The Secretary, Federal Capital Commission, 18 August 1926. ibid 91 Tender documents submitted to the Federal Capital Commission, Canberra, September 1926. CRS A292/1, item C2202 Part 1. 92 ibid
D. History of the Place Part D – Appendices 300 Old Parliament House and Curtilage Heritage Management Plan <strong>2008–2013</strong> The administration of such a large project over three states obviously created difficulties for its management and quality control. Furniture contracts were subdivided into Sections and awarded to successful tenderers on the basis of price and their ability to meet the deadline for the staged delivery of furniture, commencing 31 January 1927 and concluding no later 14 February 1927, although extensions were granted to the end of March to all major contractors who experienced difficulties in meeting the original deadlines. Provision was made in the contract for regular inspections of work in progress by authorised officers of the Federal Capital Commission who were empowered to reject unsatisfactory work. On 14 January 1927, the Assistant Furniture Officer, R Rowe, reported on his visit to Adelaide and Melbourne. 93 He found that it was necessary to make minor adjustments to bring the workmanship and finish to a uniform standard. In this he was guided by the specifications in the contracts which clearly documented the requirements. These included: Materials: Labour: Marking of Articles: Timber: The Furniture, Fittings and Materials must be of Australian or British manufacture, free of all defects, and the best of their several kinds. The whole of the furniture is to be made in registered factories by Australian or European labour only. Any part of the work not so made will be rejected. For identification purposes on delivery each article is to be marked with a symbol number and also the number of the drawing from which it is made. All articles to be made throughout of timber indicated in the schedules, unless otherwise specified and must be to the finishes specified. All timber must be first grade, thoroughly seasoned, free from heart, sapwood, shakes and knots and must be picked for grain. Where Queensland Maple or Silky Oak is scheduled figured, all visible parts must be of quarter cut figured timber. Where 3 ply is specified, one face at least must be of the timber used in the main construction. In addition to Queensland Maple and Silky Oak, other timbers used in the manufacture of furniture for Provisional Parliament House included blackwood (also used for wall panelling), cedar, silky oak and hoop pine. Coachwood and kauri pine were the preferred timbers for framework. The contract documents clearly established the requirements for the finish on each item. It was this detail which created the most difficulty in quality control between the suppliers. Where items were required to be full (shellac) polished, a standard reference had to be supplied and final polishing deferred until the furniture was installed in the building. Fewer problems were experienced with the waxed furniture, although the cedar had to be bleached first to obtain the desired colour. The finish for all the blackwood furniture in the Chambers was required to be a dull ‘egg shell’ gloss. The requirements for hide were as follows. Hide: Where scheduled for Upholstery work, the best quality A.1 grade top grain, Australian cow hide is to be used, and in the colours specified to approval. Most of the leather was supplied by Howe Leather who experienced supply problems because of the large quantity required. Rexine, a synthetic upholstery fabric, was used on items of lesser significance. The contracts called for ‘best English webbing’ and ‘best house canvas’ and all upholstered furniture to be stuffed with ‘best curled horsehair’. Without exception, all of the firms experienced difficulties in meeting the deadlines and cited the delay in the finalisation of tender documents and in the supply of timber, hides and hardware as causes, and delivery of items slipped beyond March. Anthony Hordern experienced serious delays following a fire in its workshops. When they were unable to acquire sufficient blackwood for the job, they were forced to buy unseasoned wood and wait 8 weeks for it to be kiln dried. The full complement of furniture was in place for the opening of Parliament in the new building on 9 May 1927. The exception to this was the President of the Senate’s chair, a gift from the Government of the Dominion of Canada and made there with the approval of Murdoch, which did not arrive until October 1927. Murdoch agreed to the proposal to incorporate a statue of the reigning British monarch, King George V, asking only that it be ‘silhouetted within the frame of one of the openings of the Reception Hall, rather than it should be partly so, with the head confused by the moulded lines of the entablature passing over these openings’ 94 In this he had been influenced by the position of the Victoria statue in Melbourne Parliament House. 95 . Designed by Bertram Mackennal, the large bronze statue was located in a central position at the top of the entrance stairs to King’s Hall. The bronze bas reliefs by British sculptor Paul Montford were commissioned 93 Memorandum, R Rowe, Assistant Furniture Officer to The Architect, Federal Capital Commission, 14 January 1927. CRS 6720/1 item E2/28/115 94 Letter, J S Murdoch to The Secretary, Federal Capital Commission, CRS A199, FC 26/160 95 Letter J S Murdoch to J H Butters, Chairman, Federal Capital Commission, 27 August 1925 CRS A199.
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