Furniture, Edwardian - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-06

Description: Drawing room, Government House, Wellington, during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. Shows the architectural details of the walls and ceiling, the carpet, arm chairs with loose covers, and a variety of house plants. Taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Drawing room, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 236 x 294 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-13

Description: View of Lady Ranfurly's sitting room. Richly patterned wallpapers and fabric form the background. Flowers are a feature. There are family photographs and prints of paintings on the mantelpiece above the cast iron and tiled grate. The mantelpiece is draped with swags of fabric. Books, fabric covered and wicker arm chairs and a large oak table are also part of the furnishings. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Lady Ranfurly's sitting room, Wellington [inscription runs across two pages] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 156 x 209 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: 1906

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

Reference: PA1-o-367-28

Description: Interior of the cabinetmaking workroom at the Wellington Woodware Company's factory. The view shows items of furniture at various stages of manufacture, and cabinet makers at work. Photographed by an unknown photographer for the Department of Labour's court at the New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906/07. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1908

Reference: 1/1-005439-G

Description: View of the drawing room in Robert Hannah's house (Antrim House), Boulcott Street, Wellington. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1908 The house was built in 1904; architects, Thomas Turnbull and Son. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-12

Description: View of Lady Ranfurly's sitting room. Richly patterned wall papers and fabric form the background. Flowers are a feature. There are family photographs and prints of paintings on the mantlepeice above the cast iron and tiled grate. The mantelpiece is draped with swags of fabric. Books, fabric covered and wicker arm chairs and a large oak table are also part of the furnishings. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Lady Ranfurly's sitting room, Wellington [inscription runs across two pages] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 156 x 209 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-09

Description: View of Lady Ranfurly's sitting room. Richly patterned wall papers and fabric form the background. Flowers are a feature. They include potted Azaleas and Cinerarias, and vases of Tulips, Freesias, Spraxias, and Jerbera. Some of the vases and plant pots fall into the contemporary category of "art pottery". There are also ebonized, rush seated "art chairs". There are carved maori boxes (waka huia) on some of the tables, and family photographs and prints of paintings around the walls and on the mantlepeice above the cast iron and tiled grate. The mantelpiece is draped with swags of fabric. Books, fabric covered and wicker arm chairs and a large oak table are also part of the furnishings. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Lady Ranfurly's sitting room, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 240 x 294 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-07

Description: Drawing room, Government House, Wellington, during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. Shows the architectural details of the walls and ceiling, the carpet, arm chairs with loose covers, and a variety of house plants. A model pataka may be seen to the left of the room. Taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Drawing room, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 238 x 287 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-05

Description: Drawing room, Government House, Wellington, during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. Shows the architectural details of the walls and ceiling, the carpet, arm chairs with loose covers, and a variety of house plants. Taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Drawing room, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 232 x 285 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: 1906

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

Reference: PA1-o-367-04

Description: View of the furniture department of the Wairarapa Farmers Coperative store in Masterton. Kitchen chairs, arm chairs, fenders, carpets, and linolium rolls can be seen on show. Photographed by an unknown photographer for the Department of Labour's court at the New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906/07. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-80-1

Description: The drawing room at Government House, Wellington during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-08

Description: View of Lady Ranfurly's sitting room. Richly patterned wall papers and fabric form the background. Flowers are a feature. They include potted Azaleas and Cinerarias, and vases of Tulips, Freesias, Spraxias, and Jerbera. Some of the vases and plant pots fall into the contemporary category of "art pottery". There are also ebonized, rush seated "art chairs". A stool supporting an art vase of flowers is decorated in a technique called chip carving, a form of ornamentation derived from 17th century British fashions in decorative wood carving. This technique was used by commercial furniture makers, but was also a popular home craft for middle class women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There are carved maori boxes (waka huia) on some of the tables, and family photographs and prints of paintings on the mantlepeice above the cast iron and tiled grate. The mantelpiece is draped with swags of fabric. Books, fabric covered and wicker arm chairs and a large oak table are also part of the furnishings. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Lady Ranfurly's sitting room, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 236 x 295 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: 1906

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

Reference: PA1-o-367-06

Description: Interior of the furniture factory of the Wairarapa Farmers Cooperative Association, Masteron. Furniture workers are standing among items of newly constructed furniture. Photographed by an unknown photographer for the Department of Labour's court at the New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906/1907. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-04

Description: Drawing room, Government House, Wellington, during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly. Shows the architectural details of the walls and ceiling, the carpet, arm chairs with loose covers, and a variety of house plants. An easel in the background carries two paintings. Taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Drawing room, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 240 x 288 mm mounted on album page 272 x 359 mm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-80-2

Description: The Ball Room at Government House, Wellington, during the residency of Lord and Lady Ranfurly Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Apr 1953-Dec 1954, 1962, 1964-1965, 1977-2010

By: Brooke-White, Julia Stace, 1942-

Reference: PA-Group-00421

Description: Collection comprises: Photographs of art nouveau joinery designed by Wellington architects, Crichton and McKay, in 1909 for C H Dickerson of `Brentwood,' Karori Wellington. Photographed by Julia Brooke-White for the Alexander Turnbull Library in November 1990. Photographs of Festivals of Pacific Arts 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, taken by Julia Brooke-White. Prints and negatives for a book, `Every Kitchen tells a Story' written by Clare de Lore, and published by Harper Collins, Auckland, New Zealand, in 2000. Photographs (album, negatives and prints) relating to Raoul Island in the Kermadec Islands and of Department of Conservation volunteers and paid workers, mainly carrying out meteorological observations there, from 1953 to 2003. Includes negatives which show art works which were the basis of a series of wall plaques around the living room walls of the workers' hostel on Raoul Island. Photographs taken 1977-1987 in Fiji including events, boats, buildings, industries, people, and activities. Also includes photographs taken in New Zealand of personalities, Crescent Engineering business, 2003, and Nambassa Festival 1979. Three photographs of of the hall at `Brentwood' taken by Harold Hislop in 1910, and showing this joinery in it original position, can be found in album PA1-f-29, pages 24 and 25. In ca 1979 `Brentwood' was demolished. Joinery installed in 1909 was sold at Dunbar Sloans Auction House soon after. Malcolm Sheffield bought it and installed some of it in his Oriental Bay house in 1990 which is where these photographs were taken. Photographs of Raoul Island were taken while Julia Brooke White was there as a volunteer in 2001, and as a paid worker from 2002 to 2003. Accompanying material - See back file under 'Brooke-White, Julia Stace', in Photographic Archive for further details about this collection. Includes photocopies of articles about the Festivals, many of which feature Julia Brooke-White's photographs. Also includes notes on the Raoul Island wall plaques (including individual titles) which are the subject of the negatives. Title supplied by Library. Drawings and prints holds plans made by Wellington architects Crichton and McKay, for the joinery for the new `Brentwood' interiors. These plans include plans and elevations of the whole house as well. Drawings and Prints reference is Plans-93-0274. Quantity: 3866 colour original transparency/ies. 1228 photograph(s). 750 b&w original photographic print(s). 607 b&w original negative(s) 35mm strips comprising 2338 images. 42 colour original negative(s) 35mm strips comprising 62 images. 8 colour copy transparency/ies 4" x 5". 5 box(es) transparencies, negatives, prints, ephemera and papers. 4 b&w copy negative(s) 4"x 5". 4 digital print(s) 2 black and white, 2 coloured. 1 colour original photographic print(s). 1 album(s). Physical Description: Film negatives, transparencies, photographic prints Processing information: The 2020 and 2023 accessions are awaiting processing.