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Kōrero: Furniture

Rarangi kaupapa

  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. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 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

Mai i te whārangi 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 (1 o 2)

Furniture sale

Furniture sale (2 o 2)

Industry growth

Industry growth

Furnishing a home

Furnishing a home

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Furniture in the home

Bishopscourt drawing room

Bishopscourt drawing room (1 o 3)

Victorian decoration

Victorian decoration (2 o 3)

Interior of Roxburgh miner's cottage

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

Modern interior

Modern interior

Neo-colonial dresser

Neo-colonial dresser

Mai i te whārangi 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 (1 o 2)

Modernist display

Modernist display (2 o 2)

Curvesse chair

Curvesse chair (1 o 2)

Pressed-plywood chair

Pressed-plywood chair (2 o 2)

Jon Jansen advertisement

Jon Jansen advertisement

Mai i te whārangi 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

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

William Cottrell, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/furniture/media (accessed 18 May 2022)

He kōrero nā William Cottrell, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013

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