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Kōrero: Furniture

Furniture at the 1906 International Exhibition

Exhibitions were a profitable avenue for stimulating demand for furniture, and the big furniture warehouses competed with lavish room displays. This is part of the furniture court (right side of aisle) at the 1906–7 New Zealand International Exhibition at Christchurch. At bottom right is a display of office furniture. The Archbold's display (above) includes chairs, tables and phonographs.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Samuel Heath Head Collection (PA-Group-00261)

Reference: 1/1-007079-G

by Samuel Heath Head

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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William Cottrell, Furniture – Changing styles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/37494/furniture-at-the-1906-international-exhibition (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā William Cottrell, i tāngia i te 9 March 2012.