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Masterpiece Furniture (Beard Watson & Co.)

Maker (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)

Masterpiece Furniture was a brand name developed by Sydney retailer Beard Watson and manufactured in their factory. "Masterpiece" appears to be a line based on reproductions of period styles.

Citations

Michael Lech, Beard Watson Limited, Dictionary of Sydney, 2011, http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/beard_watson_limited, viewed 13 August 2015
http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/beard_watson_limited
“Beard Watson’s Exhibition of Masterpiece Furniture” Sydney Morning Herald, 30 March 1932, p.4 (illust.)
SYDNEY’S HOME FURNISHING STORES, 1890-1960 (Illust.)
http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/stories/sydneys-home-furnishing-stores-1890-1960

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