« Reply #5 on: Monday 26 December 22 08:52 GMT (UK) »
One REALLY FAST way to date furniture is to look for a furniture sticker/stamp/branding.
In the 1860s - the 1880s especially, furniture manufacturers HAD TO put a specific label in every piece of furniture - to say whether the workers were Chinese or European - because there were concerns over cheap labour costs for some immigrants.
When there is a dining chair, the label is usually covered by the cushion - but an easy find.
Look at the legs of the furniture - the type of wood too. Leg styles are indicative of an era.
Cabinets were a trend too - there were specific styles for different eras. You can literally google - cabinet 1800s Australia and you may find something similar.
You can also date it with a little logic - no intention of being rude... but you will know grandmothers grandmothers date of birth approx, you will know her date of death. Most women were only given furniture as a wedding gift or when someone passed, so you can add 20 years to her birth year and you will narrow down the range for the year the cabinet was made.
IRELAND....
KELLY... plus Hamilton, McCormack, Dwyer, Condon, Flynn, Mahon, Keane, Quinn, Fox, Farrell, Lynch, Moore, Hartigan, Martin.... Dwyer, Condon, Walsh, Curtin, Ryan.....
COUNTIES - Longford, Westmeath, Roscommon, Clare, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Cork... and probably more
ENGLAND
Johnson, Berryman, Garland, Caudwell, Sloss, Timsbury , Boddy, Dwyer, Kelly, Condon....
Convicts to Australia
Settlers and pioneers to Australia
Military History
