Story: Home décor and furnishings
Page 8. All images & media
From page 1 - The significance of home décor
From page 2 - Settling in, 1790 to 1860
From page 3 - Higher aspirations, 1860s to 1900s
From page 4 - Between the wars, 1920s and 1930s
From page 5 - Modernism, 1940s to 1960s
From page 6 - Nostalgia and materialism, 1960s to 2000s
How to cite this page
Nancy Swarbrick, Home décor and furnishings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/222318/media (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 14 June 2013.