HOBART WICKERWORKS

FROM TROVE:  BRIDGES BROTHERS. BASKETS AND WICKERWORK. Messrs. Bridges Bros, have behind them the experience of three generations in basket and wickerwork, and their reputation is worthily upheld by their part of the exhibition. A special feature arc the chairs, settees, lounges, piano stools, etc, of sea-grass, a material now coming very much into use. Malacca cane is used for the stays, which gives extra .strength, and the íeeiiít is a strong and serviceable article, which is at the same time light and attractive in appearance. Other articles in this material "are fancy afternoon tea tables, push-carts, and baby carriages, music stands, etc. Willow work is also well represented. A prominent feature is an overmantel of the shell pattern, a very fine bit of work. Then there are upholstered lounge chairs of various patterns, flower stand, and other articles of furniture, and a wide range of baskets, fishernmen's baskets, travellers' hampers, linen baskets, etc. The aim of the firm is to use in all instances only the very, best materials, and ]to apply to these... https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1057010