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Concrete and brick decorative pillar. [B 78559/22] • Photograph

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Summary

Small helical brick decorative column with a square concrete top and base. The dark bricks appear twisted in a clockwise direction. This style was part of Tudor revival style homes of the 1920s and 1930s. Behind the column are stacks of parts of decorative small concrete pillars.

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Physical description

Photograph (black and white print), 11 x 6.7 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1920-1940

Subject

Bricks -- South Australia -- Kilkenny
Concrete construction -- South Australia -- Kilkenny
Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- South Australia -- Kilkenny
Factories -- South Australia -- Kilkenny
Kilkenny (S.A.)

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General notes

Numbers 19 to 26, of 35 photographs relating to Peter Clarn and his work as a plasterer and modeler, showing various scenes of pipe-laying around Adelaide and examples of cement form work and brick work. Mr Clarn was an organiser for the Plasterers' Society.

Historical information

Peter Clarn was a plasterer and modeler and this collection of photographs relates to concrete work, primarily concrete pipes and decorative pillars, at a factory in Kilkenny and construction sites on streets around Adelaide. There are several concrete company names referred to in Kilkenny over the years including Concrete and Steel Ltd., Kilkenny Pipe Works, and The South Australian Reinforced Concrete Company. Clarn was an Organiser for the Plasterers' Society of South Australia. In 1926 Clarn made a maquette of Sir Ross Smith from plaster on wire mesh, as part of preparations for the Sir Ross Smith Memorial at Cresswell Gardens.

Digitisation information

Date

29/03/2022

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,383 x 5,410 pixels (18.3 MP)

Size

54.93 MB

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