Douglas Burrage Snelling b. 24 February 1916

  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Snelling came to Australia in 1942 following work in the USA. and New Zealand. During the 1939-45 war, he worked with the U.S. Navy and the Kriesler Radio Company. In 1947 he formed a partnership in Sydney to manufacture furniture to his designs. This became Functional Products and sold widely including Hordern Bros. His subsequent interior design and architecture career parallels his embrace of modernism.
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Citations

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Chair and stool by Douglas Snelling’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/126047

  • Sarah Payne (1 January 1988), '“1947. Functional Products.”’. Craft Australia. 1988:1, pps. 61-65

  • State Library of NSW (1 January 2012), 'Douglas B. Snelling : architectural drawings 1965-1972’.

    http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=395089

  • Davina Jackson (1 January 2012), 'Douglas Snelling’.

    http://douglas-snelling.com/book/

  • “Mary White Pty Ltd.” advert. illus. interiors work by Snelling, Architecture and Arts, June 1956, p.22

  • “Technique of Murals.” Decoration and Glass, March-April 1948, pp.18-21. (illustrations of Snelling painting a mural for an “American hostel”.

  • “Modern Display.” Includes interiors from The Pen Shop, California Chocolate Shop, Sydney Snow. Building and Engineering, 24 June 1948, pp.26-27 (illust)

  • “Dasi Pen Shop.” Building and Engineering, 25 August 1947, p.28 (illust.)

Initial data sources

  • Powerhouse Museum

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