Tag: art history

  • Patterns: The Printed Image and a Century of Colonial-Made Furniture

    Patterns: The Printed Image and a Century of Colonial-Made Furniture

    Art historian Dr William Cottrell uncovers the hidden influence of printed patterns on colonial furniture design, tracing how designers, manufacturers, and publishers shaped domestic interiors over a century.

  • Patterns: The printed image and a century of colonial-made furniture

    Patterns: The printed image and a century of colonial-made furniture

    Colonial furniture specialist Dr William Cottrell reveals the hidden influence of London pattern books on New Zealand furniture design from the 1830s-1900s, tracing how illegal copies and trade catalogues shaped our domestic interiors.

  • Ann Packer: Malcolm Harrison – textile artist

    Ann Packer: Malcolm Harrison – textile artist

    Malcolm Harrison (1941-2007) was a textile artist of extraordinary creative talent, whose work has been collected by most New Zealand galleries and cultural institutions. It is his artworks that soar above Parliament’s Galleria, and the documentation of the often controversial process behind this installation is held by the Alexander Turnbull Library.