Rugs

Date: 2019

Reference: Eph-C-ARTS-2019-04

Description: Double-sided poster shows a covering text, and photographs of rugs made by Vita Cochran, based on rugs shown in paintings by Pierre Bonnard, Giorgio de Chirico, Sonia Delaunay, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Gabriele Munter, Florine Stettheimer, Marie Vorobieff and Édouard Vuillard. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of poster 420 x 297 mm.

Date: 1970-1974

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to textile arts, weaving, quilting, embroidery and spinning]

Reference: Eph-B-TEXTILE-ARTS-1970/1974

Description: Includes: 1970s: Spinnerin Rug Yarn Company. Spinnerin deep pile rugs and wall hangings. You'll love to make ... love to own ...Volume 1. [Sales catalogue 1970s?] (2 copies) Spinnerin Rug Yarn Company. Spinnerin shoulder bags. Catalogue volume 1 supplement. [1970s?] Spinnerin Rug Yarn Company. Spinnerin needlepoint creative kits; a great new group of originals. [Sales catalogue. 1970s?] (2 copies) 1971: Contemporary French tapestries; a Peter Stuyvesant Foundation collection. Catalogue [1971] (2 copies) 1972: Spinnerin Rug Yarn Company. How to make Spinnerin deep pile rugs and wall hangings. Volume 2 [1972]. Sales catalogue with inserted order form 1973: Press statement 15 November 1973: Beehive tapestry competition. A commission ... has been awarded to Mrs Joan Calvert of Stokes Valley, designed by Guy Ngan. Judges' decision (2 stapled photocopy sheets) 1974: Exhibition of batik presented by Lisa Coulson of Blenheim. Rothmans Sports and Cultural Foundation, 28 January - 8 February 1974. Catalogue / flier Wellington Handweavers' & Spinners' Guild. Exhibition; guest potter Patti Meads. Rothmans Gallery, 1-18 October 1974. Catalogue Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on flyers and booklets, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1915

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-192

Description: Shows an unidentified woman (possibly Mary Wills?) sitting in a chair in a living room. There is a rug on the floor, a fire going in the fireplace, pictures on the wall, and books on a shelf. A vase on top of the firepace is filled with irises. A floral curtain is open showing daylight and green plants through a lattice window Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 185 x 162 mm

Date: 4 Jul 1977

By: Littlejohn, Annette, active 2005

Reference: MS-Papers-8350

Description: A letter from Lilburn to Littlejohn regarding his purchase of the `Rosepath Rug' made by Littlejohn and exhibited at the old Turnbull House. Lilburn also enquires about a possible purchase of rugs in the future. Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 1911 - 1912

From: Smith & Caughey Ltd. :[Sales catalogue. ca 1911].

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1911-01-040

Description: Catalogue page lists products and prices of rugs, and shows an illustration of sheep around a pile of Kaiapoi blankets, an illustration of a plaid rug and of a pile of striped bedding. Extended Title - From its Sales catalogue 1911, page 40. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Print on page, 270 x 212 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in April 2002.

Date: 1911

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-017427-G

Description: Bedsteads, mattresses, cot frames, and rugs, inside Purser & Sons furniture shop in Wanganui, 1911. Photograph likely to have been taken by either Mark Lampe or Frank J Denton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1982

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-136-024

Description: Shows a man (Think Big) standing on a mat looking thoughtful. Behind him Derek Quigley is trying to pull the mat out from under his feet. Behind Quigley is Muldoon successfully pulling a mat out from under Quigley. Muldoon in turn is also standing on a mat and behind him are two people (the Junior Nationals and the National Party Branches) trying to pull the mat from under him. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, white gouache and letratone, 450 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1962

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

By: Te Whaiti family

Reference: MS-Papers-12777-10-02

Description: Cover title side of this advertising pamphlet shows two of the designs manufactured at Riccarton: Mount Egmont, and Map of New Zealand. The other side shows more designs: Auckland Harbour Bridge, Queenstown, Lake Taupo, Russell, Wellington Harbour, and Mount Cook. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on pages of folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on both sides of folded pamphlet, 378 x 265 mm. Processing information: Combined in to ATL-Group-00753 November 2022. Previous reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1962-01. Previous title: [Carpet Manufacturing Company (New Zealand) Ltd] :Riccarton scenic rugs; a quick guide to the range of popular scenic rugs available from this store [Masterton Furnishing Centre Ltd]. You'll be proud to give N.Z. scenic rugs. [1962].

Date: 1974

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 35mm-70837-F

Description: Coloured sheepskin rug, slippers, dusters and purses, taken for Kenyon Brand and Riggs Ltd and J R McKenzie Ltd in 1974 by K E Niven and Co, commercial photographers of Wellington. Other - Reference number: 109/74. KBR McK (col.) sheepskin rug, slippers, dusters & purses. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative

Date: 1972

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to textile arts, weaving, quilting, embroidery and spinning]

By: Mail Orders (N.Z.) Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-TEXTILE-ARTS-1972-01

Description: Booklet contains photographs of many rug designs. Includes a lift-out order form from Mail Orders (N.Z.) Ltd, PO Box 42000, Orakei, Auckland 5. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 44 pages, 297 x 214 mm.

Date: 1925 - 1939

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to textile arts, weaving, quilting, embroidery and spinning]

By: Milne & Choyce Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-TEXTILE-ARTS-1930s-01

Description: Illustrated sales catalogue of equipment and supplies for embroidering, knitting, rugmaking, tapestry, needlework. Includes sets of printed fabric ready for embroidery, knitting yarns, a "Daisy" knitter, silks cottons and sundries for needlework. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 20 pages, each 245 x 185 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in 2007.

Date: 1978

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: PA12-3487-F

Description: Sheepskin rugs in bedroom and living room, taken for Whittaker[?] in 1978 by K E Niven and Co, commercial photographers of Wellington. Other - Reference number 1070/78. Whittaker, Sheepskins. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies 120 format

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-D-0801

Description: Group of ten men, most wearing beards and all have moustaches. Taken in the studio of Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington. On the floor in front is a large square fur rug. Date and identity of the group are unknown Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 400 x 490 mm on card 495 x 595 mm

Date: [ca 1903]

From: Singleton family: Photographs, particularly relating to Wellington signwriting business 'Singleton Signs'

Reference: PA9-121

Description: Photograph of the Bland family taken circa 1903 by an unknown photographer Shows Hester and Thomas Bland, and their 16 children, posing in front of a studio backdrop of trees. Some of the group sit on cane chairs. There is a fur rug and linoleum on the ground Accompanying information - Further information about the identity of some of the children filed in the backfile under Singleton Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) in frame. Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 22 x 27.5 cm (visible image) with wooden frame and plywood mat

Date: 2013

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0026132

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key standing on top of a rug, underneath which he has swept "'brain fades' etc, etc". Key says, "You won't have the Greenies in a finance role? 'You're telling lies Cunliffe'!" Refers to comments by potential Labour Party leader, David Cunliffe, that Russel Norman of the Green Party would not be made Minister of Finance under a Labour government. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 1/2-210973-F

Description: Rug with fringe, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Studio card index: Woolworths N.Z. Ltd. no 4229.

Date: ca 1927

From: Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-015523-F

Description: Rugs on display in an unidentified department store, possibly in the Wellington region. Amongst the piles of rugs are customers and shop assistants looking at the merchandise. Photographed circa 1927 by Gordon Onslow Hilbury Burt. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Nitrate film negative

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

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

Description: Advertising poster shows a folded red and green tartan rug in the foreground, superimposed on a picture of a long train travelling through snowy weather. Backed on linen before arrival in the Library. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph, 1015 x 755 mm.

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 1/2-209097-F

Description: Art deco style rugs, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Studio card index: Players Furniture Stores Ltd no. 982.

Date: 1973

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 1/2-229551-F

Description: Sheep skin rug with international city place name markers, taken for Kenyon, Brand and Riggs Ltd in 1973 by K E Niven and Co, commercial photographers of Wellington Other - Reference number 526/73. KBR place names or sheep-skin rugs and package Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative