Floor coverings

Date: 1895 - 1905

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014

Reference: Eph-D-RETAIL-ca-1900-01

Description: Arrangement of text with several different typefaces used. Lists many other articles for sale, with prices. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Printed at Evening Post Office According to the poster, C Smith's was a draper's shop in Cuba Street. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Letterpress, 557 x 395 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Les Cleveland in 1996.

Date: 1887

By: Evening press (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-D-RETAIL-1887-01

Description: Arrangement of text around central engraving showing crowds gathering outside Graves and Fleming's building, discussing the bargains available (text of their conversations are included). Other Titles - Poster Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Printed as a supplement to the Evening Press, Friday, March 18th, 1887.; Recto - bottom right - Printed at the Evening Press Office, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and engraving 573 x 380 mm.

Date: 1904

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-D-RETAIL-1904-01

Description: Arrangement of text and list of the departments which have specials: Furniture, Sundries, Bedsteads, Table linens, Linoleums, Carpets and rugs, Curtains, Crockery and sundries. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Evening Post Print -7531. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 760 x 510 mm.

Date: 1878 - 1880

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

Reference: Eph-A-DECOR-1878-01

Description: Includes pictures showing domestic and commercial interiors with linoleum of the period. Exhibited in 'Darling, I'm Home!' exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand, 1 June - 5 July 1999. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet

Date: 1880 - 1890

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

By: New Zealand Seamen's Union

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1880s-01

Description: Sample pattern book of approximately 50 leaves. The first eleven of the sample patterns have been stuck over with newsclippings prior to arrival in the Library. The first half of the book contains samples of floorcloths and the second half contains linoleum pattern samples. The patterns are repeated in several "colourways" each. Styles include: William Morris-inspired floral patterns, patterns based on Roman or Byzantine mosaic (one including dolphins, winged lions, seagoats, alligators), woodgrain / geometric effects, Victorian, some chinoiserie / japonaiserie effects. Date estimated by Walter Cook, decorative arts historian (Alexander Turnbull Library) Quantity: 1 sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Volume of chromolithographs, on pages 270 x 213 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - (Clippings copied and put at MS-Papers-0650-098J) - Part of the Federated Seamen's Union papers, transferred from MS-Papers-0650-098J, in August 2001. - Formerly housed at MSX-0029..

Date: 1929

From: [Ephemera relating to blindness, appeals on behalf of blind and partially sighted people, the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, Braille Week, cataracts and glaucoma, protecting eyes and sight. 1900-1999]

By: Jubilee Institute for the Blind; M Smethurst (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-BLIND-1929-01

Description: Sales catalogue with photographic illustrations of goods for sale, including cane baskets, trays, bassinettes, dolls' prams, children's furniture, fishing creels, picnic hampers, fish baskets, wool baskets, coal baskets, seagrass furniture, invalid carriage, coir fibre door mats, sennit mats, ships' fenders; also shows fruit punnets made from kahikatea white pine veneer. Also advertises socks, netting and hammocks, carpet beaters; and advertises the services of blind people in a silver band, as masseurs, piano tuners and pipe organists. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 25 pages, each 247 x 190 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Mr Errol W Martin in 1984; one purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in 2007.

Date: 1950-1979

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

Reference: Eph-A-DECOR-1950/1979

Description: Includes: 1950s: Belmont Limited, complete home furnishers. [Business card. 1950s?] Farmers' Trading Company Ltd: Soft furnishing department ... proudly present Velbex, highest quality plastic for ... curtains, aprons, bedspreads, shower curtains, lampshade & cushion covers. Order by number on back [Sample book. 1950s?] Insist on 'Rufflette' curtain runway, the secret of curtain control [1950s?] 1955: Laminex Industries (Firm) :Do it yourself (for her) with Laminex, lovelier for a lifetime. [Distributors Winstone Ltd. ca 1955] Plix Products Ltd. Plix products, ideal for every home [ca 1955]. Booklet 1959: Gibraltar Board. Modern interiors [1959]. Booklet Laminex Pty Ltd. Laminex, lovelier for a lifetime; methods of construction. The story of Laminex [ca 1959] 1960s: Felt & Textiles Ltd. The carpet industry [1960s]. Formica decorative laminate. How easy to fit. Do it yourself with Formica [1960s] How to lay Knightsbridge Blue Ribbon carpet, and keep it trim ... [1960s?] Johnston Industries Ltd. Bi-Fold by Modernfold, the American styled folding wardrobe door [1960s] Moreton Tiles Limited, 8 Kaiwarra Gorge Road, Wellington. [1960s]. Pamphlet (2 different) Rubber Distributors Ltd. Your new carpet deserves the luxury of low cost Supertred sponge-rubber carpet underlay [1960s] Unifold, versatile decorating material for use as blinds, drapes, room dividers, folding doors, wall panelling, etc. Wonderful Scandinavian inspired woven wood fabric [1960s]. Flier 1960: Folding Door Industries. The is it! Foldoor, the smartest thing in doors [ca 1960] Harnish & Jordan Ltd. Your home is part of you;... Luxaflex venetian blinds, Luxaflex ventilated awnings, Luxaflex vertical venetians, Extralite barbecues, Curt-O-Mat firescreens [ca 1960] Harnish & Jordan Ltd. The new and improved Flexifold Mark II folding door, made by H&J, the better way [1960s]. McLaren & Carter, 38 Railway Avenue, Lower Hutt. Forgecraft wrought iron work. Beautify the home [ca 1960] 1963: Dunlop New Zealand Limited. Meet Dunlop Vinolay, the flooring for moderns [ca 1963] 1964: Felt & Textiles of New Zealand Limited. How to choose the right carpet. Whitcombe & Tombs [ca 1964]. Booklet of 16 pages] 1965: Dunlop New Zealand Limited. Dunlop Handiman vinyl floor tiles. [ca 1965]. Booklet Marley vinyl floor tiles [ca 1965] Nafco supreme vinyl Marbello king-size tiles, the most practical, colourful floor tiles in the world [ca 1965] New colour effects from the rich world of Riccarton Axminster. [1960s]. Pamphlet (2 copies) 1970s: Cork Supplies (N.Z.) Ltd. What is cork? Fixing instructions for "Decor" cork tiles [1970s?]. Flier (2 copies) Electrical Development Association. Better lighting is better living. [1970s?] Park & Clarke Limited. The new Wellington home service. Small folded card with message from Trevor Parke [1970s] Supertex Industries Ltd. The sundrenched range of towels and terry towelling by Supertex [1970s] 1970: Weather Master Products. Weathermaster's Foldoor 500 [ca 1970] 1971: Woolmark Carpets. All you need to know about buying carpets [1971] 1976: House of York Wallpapers. Your guide to easier wallpapering with House of York [ca 1976] 1979: Amazing Mirrors, opposite the 1860, 121 Lambton Quay. [1979]. Card Curtain Services Ltd. Everything you need to know about curtains [1979] Eph-A-DECOR-1915-01 is housed in separate folder; and separately requestable. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1900-1949

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

Reference: Eph-A-DECOR-1900/1949

Description: Includes: 1910: Standard lamps, "Inverta" [nos. 402, 405, 410, 411, 415, 420, 425]. ca 1910. Pamphlet (2 copies) Standard lamps, "Inverta" [nos. 400 and 450, kerosene arc light]. ca 1910. Pamphlet (2 copies) 1915-1925: R & E Tingey & Co., Ltd (Wellington) :Decorative suggestions. Printed in England, SK, [1915-1925?] Wall Paper Manufacturers Limited (Manchester) :Homes beautifully decorated. [NZ agent] J Wren & Co. Ltd, 22 South Princes Street, Dunedin [1915-1925] 1920s: J A Redpath & Sons Ltd [sole NZ agent]. 'Rublino' tiles . H H Tombs Ltd., printers, 22 Wingfield St., Wellington [ca 1920s?]. Booklet 1925: Guthrie Bowron & Co. The home beautiful 1930s: Felt & Textiles of Australia Ltd :FELTEX, the versatile floor covering. [Sample booklet. 1930s] [Three wallpaper and lino samples. ca 193?] (from Thorp purchase 1995) 1943: J Ballantyne & Company Ltd :Tootextil; Tootal linen; Lystav. [ca 1943?] Eph-A-DECOR-1915-01 is housed in separate folder; and separately requestable. Physical Description: Sizes varying under 250 mm.

Date: 1947 - 1948

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-Armstrong-1947/1948

Description: Illustrated sales catalogues and brochures: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Bound booklets and brochure, sizes around 280 x 220 mm. Provenance: Donated by Maree Kibblewhite, Wellingtron, in 2017. Previously distrbuted in New Zealand by the Palmerston North branch of A Christie (Wellington) Ltd.

Date: 1947 - 1948

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

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1947-Armstrong

Description: Includes four items distributed in New Zealand by the company's agent, A Christie (Wellington) Ltd, Palmerston North Branch: 1. Low cost floors that help to modernize shops, offices, stores [Pamphlet] 2. Floor designs for better business [ie linoleums for use in retail outlets] 3. Armstrong's Linoleum. Specifications September 1947. 4. Beautiful floors for homes without basements (Armstrong's Asphalt Tiles) 5. ideas for every room, by Hazel Dell Brown. 1948 Quantity: 5 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Booklets and pamphlets, sizes varying up to 330 mm. Provenance: Donated by Maree Kibblewhite, Wellington, in 2017.

Date: 1953

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

By: New Zealand Carpet Distributors Ltd; Wilson & Horton (Firm); Listener (Periodical)

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1953-01

Description: Front cover shows carpet with an overall pattern incorporating manuka, flax, bracken fern, kowhai, kaka beak, lacebark, koromiko, pohutukawa and a Maori ornamental design. Inside shows an illustration of the carpet factory building in Christchurch, and of buyers visiting a carpet department. Also shows photographs of rolls of carpet; more photographs of carpets are shown on the back page. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on pages of folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on pages of folded pamphlet, each page 300 x 245 mm.

Date: 1955 - 1960

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

By: New Zealand Carpet Distributors Ltd; Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1950s-02

Description: Booklet suggesting colour schemes and carpets for domestic interiors, including Springtwist Wilton, Feltex, Vanro. The booklet was produced by the Furnishers' Advisory Centre for the New Zealand Division of Felt and Textiles Ltd of Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on pages of 12-page booklet, 212 x 274 mm. Provenance: Donated from the papers of Ronald C Megget, in 2006.

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: 1950 - 1955

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

By: Michael Nairn & Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1950s-01

Description: Front cover shows a woman in a frilly apron, necklace and earrings kneeling on her kitchen floor with two boxes of Nairn's tiles and a tin of linoleum adhesive. She is sticking down a red tile in the process of completing a checked pattern on the kitchen floor. The inside shows more stages of the installation process, and shows 22 different samples of colours available in "marble" and "jaspe" colours. There is also a sample page of design suggestions. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on pages of folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on pages of folded pamphlet, each page 267 x 210 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Transferred from Manuscripts: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996. Papers (A2003-036).

Date: 1935 - 1940

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

Reference: Eph-A-DECOR-1930s-01

Description: Inside includes samples of plain feltex and marbled feltex, and the text explains the uses and advantages of the product. New Zealand distributors were Carpet Import Co Ltd. Dated 1930s, because the NZ Mirror advertises Feltex as being made in New Zealand in the early 1940s by Felt and Textiles NZ Ltd. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Folded card, 189 x 125 mm, with 20 feltex samples stuck in (each 10 x 34 mm).

Date: 2008 - 2009

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to agriculture, farms and farming]

By: Numat Industries (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-FARM-2008-01

Description: Sales catalogue illustrated with photographs of varieties of rubber matting suitable for agricultural purposes, such as entrances to cowsheds, rotary platforms, wintering barns, road crossings and underpasses for stock, horse float ramps and floors, flat decks on trucks and vans, ATV carriers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 32 pages, 297 x 210 mm.

Date: 1880 - 1890

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

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1880s-01-03

Description: Shows a mosaic pattern based on a regular version of a floral and leaf design, in colouring of terracotta, beige, yellow and cream. Also available as a linoleum. See Eph-B-DECOR-1880s-01-10. Extended Title - from "Catalogue of linoleum and floorcloths". 1880s? Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) in sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph on page 270 x 213 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - (Clippings copied and put at MS-Papers-0650-098J) - Part of the Federated Seamen's Union papers, transferred from MS-Papers-0650-098J, in August 2001.. Processing information: Formerly housed at MSX-0029.

Date: 1880 - 1890

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

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1880s-01-06

Description: Shows a geometric design with squares, classical scrolls, flowers, in red, ochre, yellow, and pale green. Other pages show the same pattern in two other colour schemes. Extended Title - from "Catalogue of linoleum and floorcloths". 1880s? Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) in sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph on page 270 x 213 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - (Clippings copied and put at MS-Papers-0650-098J) - Part of the Federated Seamen's Union papers, transferred from MS-Papers-0650-098J, in August 2001. - Formerly housed at MSX-0029..

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: 1880 - 1890

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

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1880s-01-08

Description: Shows a diagonal geometric rough-chip mosaic pattern in shades of brown. Another page shows another colour scheme in shades of tan, brown and cream. Extended Title - from "Catalogue of linoleum and floorcloths". 1880s? Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) in sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph on page 270 x 213 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - (Clippings copied and put at MS-Papers-0650-098J) - Part of the Federated Seamen's Union papers, transferred from MS-Papers-0650-098J, in August 2001. - Formerly housed at MSX-0029..