Emerson Brothers

Also known as Emerson Bros. Pty Ltd
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The Emerson Brothers were a furniture manufacturing firm at 90-92 Wells St and other South Melbourne locations. News accounts indicate the firm began in 1912. They furnished the interiors for the Heidelberg Town Hall (1937), and manufactured Grant Featherston's "Contour" chair under licence in 1952.

Citations

  • “Heidelberg’s New Town Hall.” The Argus, 29 April 1937, p.7.

  • Kirsty Grant, et al. Mid-Century Modern. Australian Furniture Design. Natl Gallery of Victoria, 2014, p.48

  • “A New Industry.” Launceston Examiner, 13 Feb. 1912, p.4