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Story: Furniture

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Early New Zealand furniture

  3. Early manufacturing and retailing

  4. Furniture in the home

  5. Changing styles

  6. 21st-century developments

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Early New Zealand furniture

Whalebone bedside stand

Whalebone bedside stand

Early chairs

Early chairs

Exhibiting art furniture

Exhibiting art furniture

Anton Seuffert writing bureau

Anton Seuffert writing bureau

Josephus Hargreaves's table

Josephus Hargreaves's table

From page 2 - Early manufacturing and retailing

Ballantynes' furniture factory

Ballantynes' furniture factory

Displaying furniture

Displaying furniture

Tonson Garlick factory in Auckland

Tonson Garlick factory in Auckland (1st of 2)

Furniture sale

Furniture sale (2nd of 2)

Industry growth

Industry growth

Furnishing a home

Furnishing a home

From page 3 - Furniture in the home

Bishopscourt drawing room

Bishopscourt drawing room (1st of 3)

Victorian decoration

Victorian decoration (2nd of 3)

Interior of Roxburgh miner's cottage

Interior of Roxburgh miner's cottage (3rd of 3)

Modern interior

Modern interior

Neo-colonial dresser

Neo-colonial dresser

From page 4 - Changing styles

Furniture at the 1906 International Exhibition

Furniture at the 1906 International Exhibition

Arts and crafts living room

Arts and crafts living room

Art deco dressing table

Art deco dressing table (1st of 2)

Modernist display

Modernist display (2nd of 2)

Curvesse chair

Curvesse chair (1st of 2)

Pressed-plywood chair

Pressed-plywood chair (2nd of 2)

Jon Jansen advertisement

Jon Jansen advertisement

From page 5 - 21st-century developments

Closing down

Closing down

 Furniture workshops and employees

Furniture workshops and employees

LIFE chair

LIFE chair

Bespoke furniture-maker

Bespoke furniture-maker

How to cite this page:

William Cottrell, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/furniture/media (accessed 31 May 2023)

Story by William Cottrell, published 5 Sep 2013

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