Leihy, Thomas Francis, 1869-

Date: 1913 - 1919

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to interior decoration, room design, household decorative items, tableware, in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1913-01

Description: Richly illustrated booklet including calendar months as a small component, shows frieze and dado designs of various widths, and decor themes, with wallpaper, edgings and borders, paired with cretonnes for curtaining and soft furnishings. Themes are: January: The Hartz February: The Mendoza March: The Stuyvesant April: The Formosa May: The Dorothea June: The Chelmsford July: The Melrose August: The Manchu September: The Georgia October: The Woodhull November: The Shah December: The Roxbury Booklet is in pieces Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, on pages of calendar / sales catalogue, 300 x 165 mm.

Date: 1915 - 1916

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to interior decoration, room design, household decorative items, tableware, in New Zealand]

By: Leihy, Thomas Francis, 1869-

Reference: Eph-A-DECOR-1915-01

Description: Lavishly illustrated catalogue of wallpapers and cretonnes, showing illustrations of interiors with decorative wallpapers and friezes. Styles include: "The Kremlin", "The Alcazar", "The Empress Josephine", "The Juliet", "The Ptolemy", "The Sir Walter Raleigh", "The Sargon", "The Hadrian", "The Charlotte", "The Lucille", "The San Martino", "The Mignon", "The Princess de Lamballe", "The Dresden". There are 10 examples of friezes, named: The Loch Leven, The Indian, Twilight, Autumn, The Sans Souci, The Black Forest, Spring, The Auto-Aeroplane, Mother Goose Favorites [sic], The Peacock. Housed in separate folder Other Titles - Wallpapers Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 180 x 200 mm. Provenance: Donated by Diane Woods, Wellington, in 2015.