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ROY LIPPINCOTT RIMU AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY CHAIR LABELLED D.S.C Cousins & Cousins Ltd

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Current Bid $80 (8 bids, reserve met)
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ROY LIPPINCOTT RIMU AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY CHAIR LABELLED D.S.C Cousins & Cousins Ltd' , In keeping with Arts and Crafts ideals of the time, of creating interiors which matched the exterior design, Lippincott wrote that as the wood finish of the building was rimu, the furniture also should be of this material, which has a grain “at times almost theatrical in its effect” SEE https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/central/for/the-media/publications/university-news/2015%20-%20issues/Uni-News-issue-2-2015.pdf for history on this and the other 249 chairs made for the the Auckland university. 1 bar missing to base.