Artefact
Artefact
Credit Line
gift of Auckland City Council, 1965, collection of Auckland Museum, Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1965.78.697, col.0780, ocm2095
Public Access Text
Mary Ann Williams brought these curtains, which had belonged to her mother, to New Zealand when she emigrated. Mary Ann Williams had married James Preece, a fellow missionary at Kerikeri on 25 January 1833.
Mary Ann and James opened mission stations at Puriri and Parawai near Thames, at Ahikereru in the Urewera mountains and at Whakatane.
Collection
Primary Maker
Place
Date
Circa 1823
Associated Notes
Pair of green chintz curtains which were brought to N.Z. circa 1823, by Mary Ann Williams (Mrs. James Preece, Church Missionary Society) and which had belonged to her mother" [ocm]
Drapes brought from England to NSW in 1828 and to New Zealand in 1831. They were originally owned by Mrs Jane White (Mary Ann Preece's mother) and were drapes for a 4-poster bed.
See notes by Marnie Spicer
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
Circa 1830-1840
Technique
Period
Media
Measurement Description
2560 mm x 1210 mm (h x w)
Measurement Reading
Subject Category
Classification
Last Update
15 May 2023
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