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cushion

human history
  • Description

    vinyl cushion, square-dark red with pressed all-over repeat design of griffin-central printed design featuring a white heron and `ER/II'-side zipper opening-designed by Garth Chester, made by Chester commercially and sold during the visit to New Zealand of Queen Elizabeth in 1953.

  • Place
    Auckland City/Auckland/New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    1995.79.5
  • Other Id

    3215 (receipt number)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

cushion, 1995.79.5, 3215, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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  • cushion, 1995.79.5, 3215, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • cushion, 1995.79.5, 3215, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • cushion, 1995.79.5, 3215, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • cushion, 1995.79.5, 3215, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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