Home furnishing
![Ellen Marshall’s kitchen dresser](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/07/af60e96f501f4d43a5a33a618967ae7c.jpg)
(Re)making a home
An evocative collection of household items belonging to the last tenants of Susannah Place
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Sydney's home furnishing stores
A Hall & Co
A Hall & Co was a retailer of home furnishings and manufacturer of furniture.
![View of a bedroom with faded and torn wallpaper with an old map of the world on one wall, a single bed, dressing table and view through a door to the top of a staircase, with faded and damaged paintwork.](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/72e7c927d9ac44bdb7bfa715371698c0.jpg)
A House In The Making
After 162 years of being continuously occupied 62 Gloucester Street was opened to the public for the first time in 2006
![Matching wool colours using a late 19th-century pattern and unfinished Berlin wool work sample from the Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/08/35b2f46ac5f0403ab67b07438b99db8d.jpg)
A stitch in time
Tatting, knotting, knitting, pin-tucking, crocheting, pinking, stitching, stuffing, embroidering … needles fly at Elizabeth Bay House
![Light fittings](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/03/2b5a111375c340a0983398e6abbd9ac3.jpg)
A world of designs
Trade catalogues, published to illustrate the products for sale from a manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer, reveal the surprising wealth of choice available to Australian consumers in the 19th century
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Sydney's home furnishing stores
Anthony Hordern & Sons
Anthony Hordern & Sons was arguably Australia's largest retailer from the late 19th through to the mid-20th century.
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Sydney's home furnishing stores
Beard Watson & Co
Beard Watson & Co was renowned in Sydney as a retailer and manufacturer of high-class furnishings for the home.
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Sydney's home furnishing stores
Bebarfalds
Bebarfalds was a retailer of home furnishings and manufacturer of furniture, trading for many years from its landmark location opposite the Sydney Town Hall on the corner of George and Park Streets.