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Robin Boyd FoundationMagazine - Clipping, Woman's Day with Woman, The Fabulous Boyd Family, 06.10.1958
... The Fabulous Boyd Family...A short portrait, including family tree, of the Boyd family... melbourne A short portrait, including family tree, of the Boyd ...A short portrait, including family tree, of the Boyd family, starting with Captain John Boyd (A.D.C), Robin Boyd's grandfather.Double page spread on pp 14-15, with family tree and photographs of David and Hernia Boyd and their children.walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationMagazine - Clipping, Pamela Ruskin, Of Arthur, David, Robin and Others of the Family Boyd, c 1970-1971
... Of Arthur, David, Robin and Others of the Family Boyd...Discusses the varied contributions of the Boyd family... melbourne Discusses the varied contributions of the Boyd family ...Discusses the varied contributions of the Boyd family members. Robin Boyd is discussed on p 71. Robin ais still living when this was written and it mentions Expo 70. POL was a monthly magazine, first published by Gareth Powell Publishing in Australia in the late 1960s.pp 68-71walsh st library -
Wangaratta Art GalleryPainting, Helen A'Beckett Read, Nocturne, 1980
... the boyd family... merit, she is also a member of the famous Boyd family being... merit, she is also a member of the famous Boyd family being ...Helen A’Beckett Read is a traditional painter who did not start her career until later in life. Her art style in Nocturne can be described as contemporary impressionism, as the use of a tonal colour palette and the style of brushstrokes are impressionistic while the style of the landscape depiction is contemporary. While Helen A’Beckett Read is an accomplished artist in her own merit, she is also a member of the famous Boyd family being the daughter of Arthur Boyd and Emma Minnie A'Beckett.ContemporaryRural City of Wangaratta Council Collection. Purchased with funds from the Wangaratta Arts Council.A landscape oil painting of a night scene painted in the traditional style using shades of blue, brown, green and yellow.Obverse: Helen Read/ 1980/wangaratta art gallery, helen a'beckett read, the boyd family, landscape, painting -
Robin Boyd FoundationBook, Joan Sutherland; Richard Bonynge, The Joan Sutherland Album, 1986
... Luncheon with Boyd family tree & profile of Martin Boyd... with Boyd family tree & profile of Martin Boyd Hardcover w/ Dust ...Hardcover w/ Dust JacketPrint out from Victorian Arts Centre Artistically Speaking Luncheon with Boyd family tree & profile of Martin Boydjoan sutherland, soprano, opera, walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationFunctional object - Appliance
... The Boyd family recall that a well-designed nutcracker... melbourne The Boyd family recall that a well-designed nutcracker ...The Boyd family recall that a well-designed nutcracker was always by the bowl of nuts.A nutcracker, with black iron, handle screw upper, middle part where nut is crushed, lower part is standTwo stickers on the base: "Robert Welch, Chipping, Campden England" "As selected for the design centre in London"cookware, gadget, walsh st kitchenware, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd FoundationFunctional object - Appliance, Juice- O-Mat
... The Boyd family recall how Robin Boyd loved gadgets... melbourne The Boyd family recall how Robin Boyd loved gadgets ...The Boyd family recall how Robin Boyd loved gadgets for their beautiful industrial design and their functionality.Juice-O-Mat. Metal handle on right-hand side, metal squeezer on top. Cream coloured body to hold cup. When the handle pulled back the fruit can be inserted.On base: SINGLE-ACTION Juice-O-MAT. US CAT NO 462-C. Rival MFG. CO Kansas City MO. U.S.A.gadget, walsh st appliances, robin boyd, ohm2022, ohm2022_11 -
Robin Boyd FoundationFunctional object - Appliance, Ice O-Mat
... The Boyd family recalls how Robin Boyd loved gadgets... melbourne The Boyd family recalls how Robin Boyd loved gadgets ...The Boyd family recalls how Robin Boyd loved gadgets for their beautiful industrial design and their functionality.An ice-crusher with a metal handle with plastic black knob on right. Top contains vessel for ice with 5 blades. Metal lid has spokes to hold ice in vessel. Left Hand side has a dial with C, M, F push in buttons. Plastic tray in middle to hold crushed ice, black, removable. White painted metal body. Screw at front. Four rubber stops (one missing)Ice O-Mat TRADEMARK. Made under License to Rival MFG. Manufactured by C.C. Engineering INDS. INDS Sydney Australiagadget, walsh st appliances, robin boyd, ohm2022, ohm2022_11 -
Robin Boyd FoundationLetter, Blake & Riggall (Solicitors and Notaries), Blake & Riggall to Robin Boyd, 09.06.1959
... of the previous Boyd family home at 158 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell.... of the previous Boyd family home at 158 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell. Blake ...Letter to Robin Boyd regarding final balance of sale of the previous Boyd family home at 158 Riversdale Rd, Camberwell. -
St Kilda Historical SocietyPhotograph, The Age newspaper, Glenfern, 417 Inkerman St, St Kilda, 6/07/1973
... Photo showing front of house. Has had two owners, Boyd.... Has had two owners, Boyd Family and Francis McDonnell. Given ...Photo showing front of house. Has had two owners, Boyd Family and Francis McDonnell. Given to the National Trust 1984.black and white photograph, unmounted, copy, good conditionStamped on back: Copyright. This photograph may not be reproduced withou permission in writing from the Editor of "The Age'. 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne and 39/41 York Street, Sydney. -
St Kilda Historical SocietyPhotograph, The Age newspaper, Glenfern, 417 Inkerman St, St Kilda, 6/07/1973
... Photo showing front of house. Has had two owners, Boyd.... Has had two owners, Boyd Family and Francis McDonnell. Given ...Photo showing front of house. Has had two owners, Boyd Family and Francis McDonnell. Given to the National Trust 1984.black and white photograph, unmounted, copy, good conditionStamped on back: Copyright. This photograph may not be reproduced withou permission in writing from the Editor of "The Age'. 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne and 39/41 York Street, Sydney. -
Robin Boyd FoundationFunctional object - Appliance
... The Boyd family recall that Robin Boyd always took... melbourne The Boyd family recall that Robin Boyd always took ...The Boyd family recall that Robin Boyd always took a thermos filled with tea on drives to look at land, houses or new cars.Thermos/jug with cork stopper, aluminium body and stopper handleThermos/jug with cork stopper, aluminium body and stopper handlecookware, walsh st kitchenware, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd FoundationFunctional object - Appliance
... The Boyd family do not recall this steamer - Mandie Boyd... melbourne The Boyd family do not recall this steamer - Mandie Boyd ...The Boyd family do not recall this steamer - Mandie Boyd recalls an aluminium pressure cooker with three steamer baskets, which was used a great deal.Metal steamercookware, walsh st kitchenware, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Letter, McCay & Thwaites (Barristers & Solicitors), 23.09.1957
... Riversdale Rd (adjoining the Boyd's family home) of improper... Riversdale Rd (adjoining the Boyd's family home) of improper ...Letter to Robin Boyd regarding advising the owner of 160 Riversdale Rd (adjoining the Boyd's family home) of improper enclosure of area by adjoining fence. -
Robin Boyd FoundationMagazine - Clipping, Patricia Morgan, The great Australian Boyds (2 copies), 26-Apr-72
... of the Boyd family are up to and discusses in some detail the family... of the Boyd family are up to and discusses in some detail the family ...This article talks about the what the current members of the Boyd family are up to and discusses in some detail the family history, including that Martin Boyd traced the family tree back to the Middle Ages. Robin and and his son Penleigh Boyd are discussed on p18.Two copies. pp 14-18.walsh st library -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Letter, Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, 31.03.1958
... and Woodlands Avenue (right beside 158 Riversdale Rd, the Boyd family... and Woodlands Avenue (right beside 158 Riversdale Rd, the Boyd family ...Letter to Robin Boyd regarding his letter about the proposed Eastern Suburbs Freeway to cross Riversdale Rd and Woodlands Avenue (right beside 158 Riversdale Rd, the Boyd family home). -
Robin Boyd FoundationDecorative object - Bottle
... another green squat one. The Boyd family think it may have Mexican... another green squat one. The Boyd family think it may have Mexican ...This was bought by Robin and Patricia Boyd. There was once another green squat one. The Boyd family think it may have Mexican origins and purchased from either Georges (Collins St, Melbourne) or Gillam Quigley (Toorak Rd, South Yarra).Yellow glass bottle. Hand blown with bubbles. Narrow neck, bulbous centre, narrows into base. Slanted opening. walsh st furnishings, robin boyd, ohm2022, ohm2022_12 -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - Glenfern
... , regarding Captain John Theodore Thomas Boyd, his family and his... regarding research on the Boyd family. Also handwritten information ...A reprinted page from BURKE’S COLONIAL GENTRY vol. 1, 1891, regarding Captain John Theodore Thomas Boyd, his family and his lineage dating back to 1716 in chapter entitled Boyd of Glenfern. Includes handwritten information regarding research on the Boyd family. Also handwritten information regarding the origins of Glenfern which was designed by Francis O’Donnell and built for him prior to 1860 and Caulfield rate book notices data.boyd john theodore thomas, glenfern, st kilda east, boyd lucy charlotte, boyd robert alexander, boyd theodore fielding, boyd arthur merric, boyd lucy de guzman, boyd frederick mcarthur, boyd thorton martin, boyd harry lascelles, boyd reginald septimus, boyd rupert, boyd kirby montague, boyd norman gear, boyd enid, à becket emma minnie, watson thomas, mansions, bronkhurst henry adolphus, inkerman street -
Robin Boyd FoundationFunctional object - Appliance
... The Boyd family think that this came from Robin Boyd's... melbourne The Boyd family think that this came from Robin Boyd's ...The Boyd family think that this came from Robin Boyd's mother's house. Edith Susan Boyd, Robin’s mother, had a wonderful selection of earthenware crockery storage containers in her pantry, a huge walk-in room with open shelves off the kitchen. This scoop was needed to get any content out of these containers.Aluminium scoop (large) with handleThailand" "240 oz" on handle.cookware, gadget, walsh st kitchenware, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd FoundationFurniture - Chair, Grant Featherston, Prototype Relaxation Chair
... of the 1947 Relaxation Chairs. These chairs came from the Boyd...Robin Boyd Foundation 290 Walsh Street South Yarra ...These two chairs are Grant Featherston prototypes of the 1947 Relaxation Chairs. These chairs came from the Boyd family's Camberwell home (666 Riversdale Road, Camberwell, formerly 158 Riversdale Road) and were originally upholstered with webbing. The fixings were modified in the final product Relaxation chairs. Robin Boyd designed the Ivanhoe home of Grant and Mary Featherston (1967).Dark orange with black fine check woven wool. Nine self-covered buttons. Laminated timber legs and arms (no frame). Three visible timber pegs/bolts connect arms to the body.walsh st furnishings, robin boyd, grant featherston, ohm2022, ohm2022_33 -
Robin Boyd FoundationBooklet, Australiana Festival, 1967
... . The exhibition includes section on Boyd Family with 24 items, listed.... The exhibition includes section on Boyd Family with 24 items, listed ...This is the Programme of an exhibition at the Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne from Monday 11 May to Saturday 16th May 1967. The exhibition includes section on Boyd Family with 24 items, listed on pages 21-22, and includes architectural plans loaned by Robin Boyd. Robin Boyd was a member of General Committee organising the event (listed on reverse of front cover)22 page booklet with red cover.walsh st library -
Robin Boyd FoundationFunctional object - Appliance
... The Boyd family recalls this frying pan being used... melbourne The Boyd family recalls this frying pan being used ...The Boyd family recalls this frying pan being used, but not sure of where it was located. The kitchen drawer where this frying pan is currently located was the toaster drawer. The drawer has a power point in it. "The drawer was pulled out and the drop down front lowered for toasting. When shut, no toaster was in sight! In the bottom of the drawer, at one side, there used to be a small slot for sweeping out any dropped bread crumbs."Electric frying pancookware, walsh st appliances, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd FoundationFurniture - Chair, Grant Featherston
... . These chairs came from the Boyd family's Camberwell home (666.... These chairs came from the Boyd family's Camberwell home (666 ...These two chairs and another pair of chairs (item F044) are Grant Featherston prototypes of the 1947 Relaxation Chairs. These chairs came from the Boyd family's Camberwell home (666 Riversdale Road, Camberwell, formerly 158 Riversdale Road) and were originally upholstered with webbing. The fixings were modified in the final product relaxation chairs. Robin Boyd designed the Ivanhoe home of Grant and Mary Featherston (1967).Set of two black and grey fine checked wool fabric. Laminated timber legs and frame. 9 self-covered buttons. No arms.walsh st furnishings, robin boyd, grant featherston -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - Glenfern
... Boyd family... from THE AGE, dated 04/05/2002, regarding Glenfern and the Boyd..., regarding Glenfern and the Boyd family by Mary Ryllis Clark ...Two hand written one page letters from Brenda M. Niall, dated 11/05/1983 and 03/06/1983 respectively, to R. Ballantyne of the Caulfield Historical Society, requesting information on the property Glenfern. One page newspaper article entitled INSPIRING THE ARTS from THE AGE, dated 04/05/2002, regarding Glenfern and the Boyd family by Mary Ryllis Clark. Includes photographs of two paintings and one photograph of the home.niall brenda m., clark mary ryllis, boyd family, glenfern, st kilda east, boyd thomas, boyd john theodore, boyd william, boyd lucy, boyd emma minnie, inkerman road, inkerman street, boyd arthur merric, boyd lily, laing charles, terry leonard, architects, watson thomas, wesley college, colleges, à beckett emma, ostberg john, ostberg amy, cooke max, heathcote richard, ned kelly, ledger heath, griffiths rachel, films, labassa, rippon lea, boyd ethel, caulfield historical society, gothic style, architectural features, martin lucy, boyd merric, hotham street, boyd max -
Robin Boyd FoundationFurniture - Chair, Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Antonio Bonet and Juan Kurchan, BKF Butterfly chair, 1946
... in Robin Boyd's first family home in Camberwell. The BKF... in Robin Boyd's first family home in Camberwell. The BKF ...These BFK Butterfly chairs were used in the living room in Robin Boyd's first family home in Camberwell. The BKF was originally designed in Argentina, later becoming popular throughout the world.A pair of BKF Butterfly chair. Black iron/steel. They have a canvas sling hung from the frame's highest points, creating a suspended seatwalsh st furnishings, robin boyd -
Robin Boyd FoundationFunctional object - Turntable
... the iconic Thomas’ Music in the city of Melbourne. The Boyd family... the iconic Thomas’ Music in the city of Melbourne. The Boyd family ...Robin Boyd had the sound system put in by a friend who ran the iconic Thomas’ Music in the city of Melbourne. The Boyd family thinks that Robin designed the facade and logo for Thomas’ Music. Penleigh Boyd recalls "there was no 'hi-fi' record player in the living room until about 1963. Robin always had the speaker holes in the floating joinery unit but couldn’t afford the necessary equipment till years after we had moved into the house. Apparently one time some guest looked at the speaker holes (they had matchstick blind screening) and asked Robin what type of equipment he had. That was enough for Robin, and he immediately had a system installed - the one that is still there." (See also the amplifier item F030.)Turntable without lidthomas' music, sound system, walsh st house, ohm2022, ohm2022_8 -
Robin Boyd FoundationFunctional object - Amplifier
... the iconic Thomas’ Music in the city of Melbourne. The Boyd family... the iconic Thomas’ Music in the city of Melbourne. The Boyd family ...Robin Boyd had the sound system put in by a friend who ran the iconic Thomas’ Music in the city of Melbourne. The Boyd family think that Robin designed the facade and logo for Thomas’ Music. Penleigh Boyd's recalls " there was no “hi-fi” record player at the living room end till about 1963. Robin always had the speaker holes in the floating joinery unit but couldn’t afford the necessary equipment till years after we had moved into the house. Apparently onetime some guest looked at the speaker holes (they had matchstick blind screening) and asked Robin what type of equipment he had? That was enough for Robin, and he immediately had a system installed - the one that is still there." See also item F029.Tempo solid state stereo amplifier in timber surroundthomas' music, sound system, walsh st house, robin boyd, walsh st -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - A'Beckett Family
... of the artistic Boyd family in Murrumbeena.... This is the beginning of the artistic Boyd family in Murrumbeena A’Beckett ...4 documents which have references to the a’Beckett family. Photocopied extract from Burke’s Colonial Gentry Vol 1 1891 on the name a’Beckett, William Arthur Callander Handwritten research on various a’Beckett family tree members taken from Burke’s Colonial Gentry etc, includes rate details of home in Alma Street Leaflet on The Briars Mornington giving history on family and the Napoleonic collection of furniture Photocopied article on a’Beckett name taken from ‘Sand, Swamp and Heath by Peter R Murray and John C Wells 1980. This paragraph gives the connection to Emma Minna a’Beckett who married Arthur Boyd. Boyd’s father owner Glenfern on the corner of Hotham and Inkerman Street. This is the beginning of the artistic Boyd family in Murrumbeenaa’beckett william arthur callander, mills emma, boyd arthur merric, a’beckett thomas turner, alma street, a’beckett emma minnie, glenfern, house names, hotham street, inkerman street, alma road -
Robin Boyd FoundationFunctional object - Mailing tube
... first cousin Arthur Boyd on the family property at Murrumbeena... first cousin Arthur Boyd on the family property at Murrumbeena ...This was sent by Arthur M Boyd from London, Robin Boyd's first cousin. In 1938, Robin Boyd's grandfather Arthur Merric Boyd offered Robin his first commission, a studio for Robin's first cousin Arthur Boyd on the family property at Murrumbeena. Robyn and Patricia visited Arthur Boyd in London on several trips there.Cardboard roll addressed to Robyn Boyd from Arthur Boyd (UK stamps).arthur boyd, walsh st miscellaneous -
Robin Boyd FoundationLetter, Robin Boyd, Robin Boyd to Gram, Dec-66
... was written from Melbourne on Boyd stationary, anticipating the family... was written from Melbourne on Boyd stationary, anticipating the family ...This note card and note to Patricia Boyd's parents was written from Melbourne on Boyd stationary, anticipating the family overseas trip to Europe and Montreal (pre-Expo '67). Mandie Boyd and her husband were visiting Melbourne from Sydney and added a note. -
Robin Boyd FoundationCertificate, The 25 year award for Robin Boyd House II, 2006
... , designed by the late Robin Boyd for his family, is an exemplary...: “This house, designed by the late Robin Boyd for his family ...In 2006, the RAIA 25 Year Award was presented to Robin Boyd House II by Grounds Romberg and Boyd. The jury said: “This house, designed by the late Robin Boyd for his family, is an exemplary expression of modernity from an optimistic period of artistic endeavour.” “This award acknowledges the breathtaking skill and daring with which Boyd has exploited the opportunity to design his own home to reject domestic convention and contribute a house of programmatic and technical innovation and mastery.”Jury citation, section and plan drawings, two photographs in a black timber Ikea frame around two insets size, off white mount.
