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Author Petersen, Anna K. C. (Anna Katrine Caughey)

Title New Zealanders at home : a cultural history of domestic interiors 1814-1914 / Anna K.C. Petersen
Published Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2001

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 MELB  747.2993 Pet/Nza  AVAILABLE
Description 172 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Contents Pt. 1. Signs of Higher Life c. 1814-1840 -- Pt. 2. The Measure of Progress c. 1840-1865 -- Pt. 3. The Value of Culture c. 1865-1890 -- Pt. 4. The New Zealand Domestic Interior c. 1890-1914
Summary "A visual history of New Zealand interiors, as seen through contemporary photographs, drawings and paintings, taking the reader from the interior of a Maori whare, through the homes of missionaries and settlers, to a bungalow in the suburbs."--BOOK JACKET
Notes "A visual history of New Zealand interiors, as seen through contemporary photographs, drawings and paintings, taking the reader from the interior of a Māori whare, through the homes of missionaries and settlers, to a bungalow in the suburbs"--Back cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167) and index
Subject House furnishings -- New Zealand -- History.
Interior decoration -- New Zealand -- History.
LC no. 2002391361
ISBN 1877276146 (paperback)