Nz Design & Decorative Arts: Auckland Museum Gallery Guide Series

Author: Louis Le Vaillant

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  • : 9780790011202
  • : Raupo Publishing (Nz) Ltd
  • : Raupo Publishing (Nz) Ltd
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  • : November 2006
  • : 150mm X 115mm
  • : New Zealand
  • : 12.99
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Barcode 9780790011202
9780790011202

Description

An informative pocket guide to Auckland Museum New Zealand Design and Decorative Arts collection, featuring samples of works now on display in the Encounter gallery. Frocks, furniture, teapots, jewellery  a wonderful array of objects showcasing the work of NZ designers, ceramicists, dress designers, object makers and manufacturers. Readers will recognise names such as El-Jay, Peter Stichbury, James Chapman-Taylor, Milton, Temuka and Crown Lynn potteries, Warwick Freeman, Sam Ireland and Areta Wilkinson. The guide covers from the 1840s to contemporary design in 2005, and objects are sourced from throughout the country. An introduction by curator Louis Le Vaillant sets out the history of the decorative arts in NZ, and each object has a description of who the designer or maker was, where the object is from, what it's made of, and how it fits into the story of design in New Zealand.From kitsch and quirky to stylish and downright fabulous  everything is in this book!.The Gallery Guides series will feature Auckland War Memorial Museums remarkable Maori, Pasifika, natural history and wartime Scars on the Heart exhibitions. Two more guides will be released in 2007, and two in 2008 to complete the series.