Decorative arts, Edwardian

Date: 1870-1982

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

By: Carter, Charles Edward, 1862-1908; Schroff, Joe, active 1982

Reference: PA12-1440

Description: Decorative stained glass windows in a mixture of styles. Those in the picturesque gothic styled house, Oneida, are of simple geometric designs in bright unpainted colours. There are three images of bird windows dating from the 1890s and originally in W C Fitzgerald's chemist shop, Lambton Quay and Willis st. There are acid etched windows in coloured and white glass, art nouveau windows by Charles Edward Carter, an art deco window, and an art window of the early 1980s. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1901-1910

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1441

Description: Decorative domestic stained glass windows in the art nouveau style. All were photographed in houses. Most have designs which involve simple conventional floral patterns in coloured unpainted glass. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1901-1910

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1445

Description: Decorative stained glass windows from Wanganui houses. All are in the art nouveau style. The largest group are windows supplied by R & E Tingey and Co Ltd of Wanganui for the homestead at Bushy Park in 1905. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1905-1920

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1453

Description: Most of these windows have designs based on conventional floral themes. In many the leading is used to provide the linear dynamic typical of art nouveau. Those that don't fit neatly into the art nouveau category are two windows from the Parliamentary Library and two from Government House which feature the National coat of arms. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1905-1920

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1449

Description: Most of these windows have designs based on conventional floral themes. In many the leading is used to provide the linear dynamic typical of art nouveau. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1901-1910

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1446

Description: Photographs of decorative stained glass windows of a formal geometrical character Quantity: 2 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1893-ca1910

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

By: Fraser, Robert Henry, 1869-1947

Reference: PA12-1435

Description: Only some of the windows in this section have been definitly identified as Robert Fraser's work. Where this is the case the designs are in his elborate late 19th century styles. Those that have his name followed by a question mark are mostly in the British arts and crafts/art nouveau style -- flat decorative sea scapes in unpainted coloured glass with galleons and other boats with billowing sails. Other windows in this style have flat conventional designs in coloured glass one of which includes insets of landscape scenes. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1905-1920

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PAColl-1458

Description: Most of these windows have designs based on conventional floral themes. In many the leading is used to provide the linear dynamic typical of art nouveau. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-118796 to 118797 Quantity: 16 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1890-1905

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

By: Fraser, Robert Henry, 1869-1947

Reference: PA12-1433

Description: Domestic decorative stained glass windows in late 19th century and early 20th century styles. There are spectacular windows in a renaisance style by Robert H Fraser from a house at 384 Highgate, Dunedin. Other windows have flat floral or geometric patterns in unpainted coloured glass. There is a set of windows in the British arts and craft style consisting of clear panes into which have been set circular and hexagonal sections in bright rich colours depicting mediaeval scenes. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1905-1920

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1448

Description: Most of these windows have designs based on conventional floral themes. In many the leading is used to provide the linear dynamic typical of art nouveau. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1905-1920

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1447

Description: Most of these windows have designs based on conventional floral themes. In many the leading is used to provide the linear dynamic typical of art nouveau. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: ca1905-ca1930

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1469

Description: The stained glass landscapes and seascapes in this section derive from Edwardian British arts and crafts styles. Most of the sand blasted windows date from the 1950s though there are some earlier ones as well. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1901-1910

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

By: Carter, Charles Edward, 1862-1908

Reference: PA12-1444

Description: Decorative stained glass windows mainly from some of the big houses on The Terrace, Wellington. Most of these are in art nouveau styles. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1983-1984

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-6090

Description: Views of the exhibition `Search for Style' at the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt. The views include items on show such as domestic stained glass windows, Victorian and Edwardian art pottery by William de Morgan, Burmantofts, and William Moorcroft, and wallpapers from the 1920s. The poster for the exhibition. 'Search for Style' Exhibition which was staged at the Dowse Art Museum from late 1983 to early 1984. It's subject was British applied art design from 1870 to 1930. Items exhibited included stained glass, tiles, ornamental plaster, glassware, ceramics, metalware, fabrics, furniture, and graphic art. Curated by Walter Cook. Designed by James Mack (Galvin MacNamara) director of the Dowse. `Search for Style' was an exhibition of largly British applied arts from 1870 to 1930. Items for the exhibition came from public and private collections in New Zealand. It was curated by Walter Cook and designed by Dowse Director James Mack (Galvin MacNamara). It ran from September 1983 well into 1984. (Info-Walter Cook 2007). Quantity: 7 colour original transparency/ies 35mm strips comprising 11 images.

Date: 1983-1984

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-6091

Description: Views of the exhibition `Search for Style' at the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt. The views include items on show such as domestic stained glass windows. Victorian and Edwardian art pottery by William de Morgan and Doulton Lambeth. Arts and crafts furniture. Ornamental plaster. Exhibition which was staged at the Dowse Art Museum from late 1983 to early 1984. It's subject was British applied art design from 1870 to 1930. Items exhibited included stained glass, tiles, ornamental plaster, glassware, ceramics, metalware, fabrics, furniture, and graphic art. Curated by Walter Cook. Designed by James Mack (Galvin MacNamara) director of the Dowse. `Search for Style' was an exhibition of largly British applied arts from 1870 to 1930. Items for the exhibition came from public and private collections in New Zealand. It was curated by Walter Cook and designed by Dowse Director James Mack (Galvin MacNamara). It ran from September 1983 well into 1984. (Info-Walter Cook 2007). Quantity: 7 colour original transparency/ies 35mm strips comprising 13 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1905-1920

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1450

Description: Most of these windows have designs based on conventional floral themes. In many the leading is used to provide the linear dynamic typical of art nouveau. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1905-1920

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

By: Leatherland, Charles, active 1912

Reference: PA12-1454

Description: Most of these windows have designs based on conventional floral themes. In many the leading is used to provide the linear dynamic typical of art nouveau. The largest group of windows in this section are those in the Wanganui house, "Matai Awa" which was built for William George Bassett in 1912. They are good examples of decorative stained glass in the British arts and crafts/art nouveau style. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: ca1905-ca1930

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1467

Description: Most of the windows depicted in this section properly belong with those grouped under art nouveau. Many of the landscapes and figures derive from Edwardian British arts and crafts styles which were widely publicised world wide in publications like The Studio Year Book of Decorative Arts. Images include oriental landscapes and landscapes with dutch figures and windmills. There are also ships with billowing sails and a parrot perched in a landscape. The war memorial window at Waitaki Boys High School and a masonic window from the Sign of the Takahe, Christchurch, are also included. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1905-1920

From: In the Light of the Past :Photographs of New Zealand stained glass in houses and public buildings

Reference: PA12-1452

Description: Most of these windows have designs based on conventional floral themes. In many the leading is used to provide the linear dynamic typical of art nouveau. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1909

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

By: H McLauchlan, Sons & Company; Stone, Son and Company

Reference: Eph-A-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1909-01

Description: Illustrations of 34 different models of mantels and fireplaces, marbled, or in red pine and walnut, with tiled surrounds and hoods with beaten or embossed metal designs. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in booklet of 36 pages, 215 x 138 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in April 2002.