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Kōrero: Home décor and furnishings

Helen Hitchings Gallery

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Helen Hitchings Gallery

From 1949 the Helen Hitchings Gallery in Wellington sold works of art by contemporary New Zealand artists such as Colin McCahon and Toss Woollaston, and ceramics, textiles and modernist furniture for the discerning homeowner. This photograph shows two chairs and a table designed by leading modernist architect Ernst Plischke.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Michael Hitchings Collection

Reference: 35mm-47282-2-F

by Michael Hitchings

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Nancy Swarbrick, Home décor and furnishings – Modernism, 1940s to 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40717/helen-hitchings-gallery (accessed 4 June 2026).

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