Places

Date: 1936 - 1937

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)

Reference: Plans-92-1057/1059

Description: Shows ceiling plan, block plan with surrounding streets marked (Commerce Street, Railway Street, Quay Street); first floor plan, elevations, sections, details of rebated sill and window. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, and ink drawing on dressed linen, sizes varying

Date: 1896

By: Clere, Fitzgerald and Richmond (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-1657

Description: Plan of ceilings of dining and drawing rooms and details of arch between passage and corridor and arch between landings. Stamped: Clere Fitzgerald & Richmond. 1896 Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - John S Swan, 1896 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper

Date: 1878 - 1910

By: Monkhouse, Thomas Stewart, 1828-1920; Cook, Walter Cameron, 1941-

Reference: B-119-001/047

Description: Includes interior design schemes and art class studies, sketches of ancient Classical and Egyptian bas-reliefs, and a view of the Hen and Chicken islands at sunset (Monkhouse). Inscriptions: Mostly signed: T. S. Monkhouse. Quantity: 41 watercolour(s). 6 drawing(s). 2 photograph(s). Physical Description: 7 watercolour, 34 pencil and watercolour, 6 pencil studies and 2 photographs, of various dimensions; see shelflist. Finding Aids: Shelf-list / inventory available..

Date: 2008

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

By: Pressed Metal Ceilings (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-2008-01

Description: An illustrated catalogue of retro pressed metal ceilings "lightweight, strong, flexible and easy to install". The Pressed Metal Ceilings showroom was at 187 Manukau Road, Pukekohe. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 22 pages, each 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2008.

Date: ca1925-ca1950

By: Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-5343

Description: Photographs by F G Barker and Doree & Sache Ltd Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1959

By: Haughton & Mair (Firm); Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)

Reference: Plans-97-011-352/359

Description: Shows floor plans, sections, elevations for the dark room, viewing room, operating theatre, fourth floor x-ray room and theatre, and suspended ceilings on several floors. Quantity: 8 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, 680 x 730 mm.

Date: 1897

By: Clere, Fitzgerald and Richmond (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-1662

Description: Shows plan of ceilings for morning room and dining room, cornice for bedrooms, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and dressing rooms as well as details of Oriel Stamped: Clere Fitzgerald & Richmond. 1897 Inscriptions: Recto - centre left - John S Swan 10.11.97 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-019480-G

Description: Inside the dining room of Warner's Hotel in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, showing tables and chairs set for dining. The ceiling is decorated. Taken by Steffano Webb. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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: Circa 1920s

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1027-1/2-G

Description: Interior view of the premises of Thomson & Co, aerated water and cordial manufacturers in Dunedin. The image shows ceiling mouldings in Maori rafter pattern design, Maori carved wooden figure, stained glass windows and wooden paneling around the wall. The centre window in inscribed "Thomsons. Dunedin. New Zealand. Raspberry vinegar". Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1920s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs

Reference: DW-2706-F

Description: Interior of the Gisborne Public Library, photographed circa 1960s by Duncan Winder. Shows windows at one end of the building, and a sloping ceiling. A group gather around a public desk on the right. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative