rug
Department Applied Arts and DesignAccession Date 30 Jul 1996Accession Number 1996.84.3Description rug, rectangular designed to be viewed vertically comprising names of coastal points (from the marine forecasts) woven to appear as handwriting arranged in a long row, each…
rug, rectangular designed to be viewed vertically comprising names of coastal points (from the marine forecasts) woven to appear as handwriting arranged in a long row, each name below the other; each name written on a separate band of colours, either teal blue or dark green, sep at irregular intervals by narrow bands of colours in mulberry, deep red and lime, within an overall background of horizontal black lines places approximately 30 mm apart including "plenty, coromandel, brett, reinga, hokianga, manukau, kawhia, farewell, durville, cook, castlepoint, kidnappers, nick, foulwind, fox, milford, [puysegur], fouveaux, chalmers, waitaki, rakaia, pegasus, clarence, chathams"