condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white
discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml

Mid-century living : the Butterfly House collection

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    Butterfly House collection (Alternate title)

  • Description

    "Christine Fernyhough has built an extraordinary collection of over 4000 everyday objects of mid century New Zealand craft, design and folk art. From furniture to toys and games, tableware to ornamental objects, Royal Family memorabilia to Kiwiana, Crown Lynn to hand-coloured scenic posters, together these objects are a gloriously nostalgic, colourful and tangible record of the way we lived and the things we surrounded ourselves with.

    Christine has devoted her classic 1960s seaside bach, "The Butterfly House"; to housing her collection, transforming it into a beguiling mid-century fantasy ... She entertainingly blends her own family stories with those of New Zealand's manufacturers and craftspeople, sharing her journey into collecting as well as her knowledge and passion, and evoking nostalgia for the beach, the bach and bygone summers."--Publisher information

  • Place
  • Other Id

    AM393 FER (Library of Congress Call Number)

    91547 (Cat ID)

    91352 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

Related items

Similar items

Related objects

    The development of the Auckland War Memorial Museum online collection is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

    The gift of curiosity

    With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round.

    SEE OPTIONS FROM $60

    The gift of curiosity