Modern and heritage Tasmanian furniture is being brought together at a month-long exhibition at Clarendon House.
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The exhibition sees the Tasmanian Wood Collection - a 72-piece collection of contemporary wood designs by Tasmanian artists - juxtaposed with heritage Clarendon House furniture.
Clarendon events coordinator Jennie Staal said the combined exhibition had been curated to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Tasmanian Wood Collection.
“This particular show is one collection and it’s a collection that Design Tasmania have on their premise,” Mrs Staal said.
“A lot of these pieces are one-off, so when you’re looking at this particular show they’re one-off pieces, they’re not production pieces.”
The exhibition was officially opened on Friday night with a moderated ‘in conversation’ session with Sydney design editor David Clark and Launceston design historian Virginia Wright.
Clarendon onsite artist Carol Barnett said the session had been a “captivating” exploration of the relationship between heritage and contemporary design.
“It did ignite a bit of discussion, it was lively and provocative,” Mrs Barnett said.
“It was interesting to see that furniture could be brought to life in a current context in this environment and I think that was quite fitting.”
The exhibition will be open from Thursdays to Sundays between 10am and 4pm and will run until the end of May.