Foreword | The Allport Furniture Collection | Catalogue Essay | The Artists | Acknowledgments
Different Readings was a groundbreaking exhibition held at the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts from April to June 2005. It showcased reinterpretations of heritage pieces from the Allport Furniture Collection by Tasmania’s finest contemporary furniture designers. Fourteen furniture designers were invited by the State Library of Tasmania to seek inspiration for the creation of new work from the superb examples of antique furniture in the Allport collection. The resulting contemporary creations were displayed in stark contrast alongside their genteel sources of inspiration in the heritage furniture bays of the Allport Museum.

Matthew Bale

Chris Dillon

Linda Fredheim

Patrick Hall

Stuart Houghton

Laura McCusker

Peter Prasil

Fin Seccombe

Brendan Sharpe

Richard Skinner

Ross Straker

Bill Taylor

James Vaughan

Jason Waldron