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Kōrero: Home décor and furnishings

Art nouveau stained glass

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Art nouveau stained glass

This stained glass window in a modest Whanganui villa is a good example of the sinuous, plant-inspired designs that were typical of the art nouveau style. Art nouveau was popular in home decor from the 1890s through to the 1920s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA12-1454-17

by Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Home décor and furnishings – Higher aspirations, 1860s to 1900s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40711/art-nouveau-stained-glass (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 15 January 2013.