Furniture - from the Making New Zealand Series of Publications.

Illustrated soft cover publication in good condition - published by The New Zealand Government in 1940 - 32 pages - b/w photographs.

Making New Zealand is a pictorial record of New Zealand's first hundred years. It was commissioned by the New Zealand Government and has been produced by the Centennial Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs under the direction of the National Historical Committee. It was produced in 30 parts with each containing 32 pages and covering a different subject.

This part is about Furniture

Contents Headings:

The Maori House The Whaler's House Early Settlers Makeshift Furniture The Victorian Legacy An Enterprising Cabinetmaker- John Martin Levien Comfort and Social Life The Little Elegancies of Life From A Craft To An Industry Marked Changes In Design Deep Colours On Floors and Walls Draery and Hangings The Secondary Rooms Improved Kitchens and Bathrooms Taste in Pictures The Last Twenty Years