Places

Date: 1965 - 1975

From: [Ephemera and posters of around A3 size, relating to furniture. 1950-1979]

By: Ashford Handicrafts Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-FURNITURE-1970s-01

Description: Illustrated fold-out sales catalogue pamphlet showing products for sale, including tables, stools, chairs, bookcases, cabinets, ironing board, sewing chest, mail box, spinning wheel, nursery furniture (cots, paly-pens, high chairs, bassinet, clothes drying rack), beds, chests of drawers, writing bureau and desks. Also includes wooden toys: model garage, tractor, tip-truck, wheelbarrow, doll's cradle, bassinet and cot, doll's high chair, doll's house. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on both sides of pamphlet, unfolded to 293 x 560 mm. Provenance: Donated by Helen Smith, Lower Hutt, in 2009.

Date: 1940 - 1959

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Smiths City Market; Christchurch Press Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-FURNITURE-1950s-01

Description: Shows a bedroom with two single beds, two rugs, a corner drawer and bookcase unit, table lamp, mirror, window with yellow curtains and venetian blinds. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph and screenprint, 1015 x 760 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2007.

Date: 1918

By: Worsley, Charles Nathaniel, 1862-1923

Reference: C-162-002

Description: A view of the sunlit drawing room showing various polished tables and chairs, blue curtains, several vases of flowers, a loose carpet, bookcases, a large collection of blue and white china mounted in rows high on the walls, and above the fireplace. The wallpaper is of a diagonal diamond design. Two pewter or silver tankards stand on the table in the centre foreground, beside a gold and white vase, and a glass vase of red flowers. The ceiling consists of narrow wooden boards. The view looks towards greenery and flowers in the garden through an open window of small glass panes. An adjacent hallway or dining room at a slightly higher level can be glimpsed at the far right. Previously thought to show a Christchurch drawing room, the work probably shows the drawing room of the house at Ruanui, in the Rangitikei District, the property of Joseph F Studholme. An inscription on the reverse indicates both the identity of the house and of its owner. Joseph Studholme was a brother of Major John Studholme of Coldstream, Canterbury. Related views: two further watercolours of the house and garden, undated, sold at International Art Centre, Auckland, March 2012. Possibly commissioned from the artist at the same time Other Titles - New Zealand Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on board 380 x 555 mm. Provenance: Formerly from the collection of a private owner in Christchurch. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: Oct 1948

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Wilson, W, active 1949

Reference: 1/2-030003-F

Description: Library interior, Hunter Building, Victoria University College, Kelburn, Wellington, photographed in October 1948 for the National Publicity Studios by Mr W Wilson. Shows students working at long tables, alongside bookshelves. A lead-light window is at top right. Note on back of file print reads: "later law library only. 1974 moved to floor above main library in Rankine-Brown." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 1943 - 1945

By: Willetts, John, 1922-2010

Reference: B-183-002

Description: Shows a head and shoulders portrait of writer and conscientious objector Noel Ginn. He wears an open-necked shirt and is shown in front of a shelf of books. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 400 x 307 mm.