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Grants Awarded Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Conservation of the Hamilton Inn Couch This important piece was made between 1820 and 1850 and may be one of the earliest examples of Tasmanian-made colonial furniture in existence. Designed in the neoclassical Greek-revival style, the frame is made of Australian Cedar, Tasmanian Blackwood and brass. A Copland Foundation grant has enabled the Hamilton Inn couch to be conserved, providing vital documentary evidence of original techniques and finishes, as well as preserving it for future generations. Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Vaucluse House: Conservation of the Wentworth Dining Chairs These dining chairs (c. 1855-60) are part of the original furniture of Vaucluse House, home of William Wentworth, one of the most influential men in the colony of New South Wales. While this provenance is significant, it is the survival of the richly tooled leather on the padded seats, backs and armrests that makes these oak chairs truly important. A Copland Foundation Grant has enabled these chairs to be fully conserved. The Vaucluse House dining room is furnished with predominantly Wentworth-provenanced items and the conservation of the dining chairs will spectacularly enhance the room. National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Conservation of furniture, Mulberry Hill Mulberry Hill was the Mornington Peninsula home of the Lindsays, one of Australia’s most artistic and creative families. From 1924 until 1984, the house was the centre of activities for artist and arts administrator Sir Daryl Lindsay, and his wife Joan Lindsay, artist and author of Picnic at Hanging Rock. While Mulberry Hill is important architecturally, its cultural legacy is of even greater significance. A Copland Foundation grant has enabled the National Trust to commission an assessment and commence conservation of the furniture at Mulberry Hill. The Eryldene Trust Conservation of furniture and collection review, Eryldene Eryldene, located in Ku-ring-gai is one of the finest examples of the work of visionary artist and architect William Hardy Wilson. The house was completed in 1914 as a family home for Professor E.G. Waterhouse, his wife Janet and their four sons. The firm of Wilson, Neave and Berry then went on to design the garden study and walled fountain (1921), tool shed and pigeon house (1922), tea house (1927), and lattice screen and garage (1936). The spectacular gardens are a tribute to Professor Waterhouse’s passion for camellias. A Copland Foundation Grant has enabled the Eryldene Trust to commission a full review and condition report of the Eryldene collection, as well as conserving several items of particular significance: • The Professor’s easy chair • Two Swedish chairs. Furniture chosen by E.G. Waterhouse specifically for the garden study. • A garden seat designed specifically for Eryldene by Hardy Wilson. One of three such seats made for the front garden. Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales Acquisition of the watercolour, Anglo-Indian Interior This painting (c. 1860) is a rare and detailed nineteenth-century watercolour of a colonial domestic interior. It traces its provenance to the descendants of Cordelia Ellen Thomas who lived in India with her husband and daughter between 1854 and 1857. Following the siege at Lucknow, her infant daughter (Caroline) was evacuated to Australia. Caroline returned to India as an adult, moving back to Sydney later in life. The watercolour has the capacity to significantly contribute to the understanding of English colonial life, and the history of interior design and furnishing. It also provides information on the relationship between colonial Indian and the Australian colonies in the nineteenth century. The painting was acquired for the Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection, which focuses on the history of house and garden design and interior furnishing in New South Wales.