Pair of panels from the "MV Koolama"

A H MCINTOSH and Co LTD OF KIRKCALDY, Scotland: manufacturer
Tom Robertson: designer

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About the work

Decorated with Western Australian landscape scenes, these panels formed part of the decoration for the bulkheads of the dining saloon of the Western Australian state ship the 'MV Koolama'. The ship was built in 1957 by Denny Brothers of Dumbarton, Scotland and plied the Western Australian coast in the 1950s and 1960s. Records indicate Tom Robertson, the designer, was sent to Western Australia to research the local flora and fauna in preparation for the work. The resulting marquetry interpretation of the local landscape is typical of the modernist interior design elements used in the passenger ships of the mid 1950s.
Title
Pair of panels from the "MV Koolama"
Artist/Maker and role
A H MCINTOSH and Co LTD OF KIRKCALDY, Scotland: manufacturer
Tom Robertson: designer
Date
c 1957-c 1958
Medium
wood with marquetry veneers
Measurements
85 x 250 cm (approx) each
Credit line
Gift of Stateships, 1995
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1995/0248.1-2

This is one of the furniture in our collection.

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