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House fittings: fireplace surrounds

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House fittings: fireplace surrounds

Around 1906 the Kauri Timber Company of Auckland published a catalogue showing the different types of fire surrounds and mantelpieces it manufactured. This is one page of several. These styles were commonly used in the villa, which was then the fashionable architectural style.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-CA-1906-01-23

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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/en/ephemera/40706/house-fittings-fireplace-surrounds (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 15 January 2013.