Ricketts & Thorp

  • Maker (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
Ricketts & Thorp were Sydney manufacturers of fine furniture. The designs were often to the clients' specifications. They worked for the NSW State Government, the Commonwealth Govt and institutions. They were also represented by Executive Interiors, North Sydney. Work was produced for designers such as Marion Best, Artes Studios, Stuart Lowe Furniture Studios, Bill Greenwood, Frederick Ward, Edmund Dykes & Bill Johnstone.

Citations

  • Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, Australian Furniture, Pictorial History & Dictionary 1788- 1938, 1999, Sydney, Casuarina Press.

  • Alan Perry. Ricketts & Thorp Pty Ltd “Only the Best – Second Best not being Good Enough!” 1912–1977 Part III.” Furniture History Society. Newsletter no.XXVIII, OCTOBER 2003

  • Ricketts and Thorpe advertisement, illus. furniture and describing church, domestic and commmercial furniture, Building, Lighting, Engineering, December 1966, p.43