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Emma Knuckey - Papers relating to costume design, 1928 - 1971

documentary heritage
  • Kupu whakaahua

    Sketches (loose and in albums), patterns, photographs, newspaper cuttings, and ephemera spanning five decades of Emma Knuckey's career as a fashion designer.

    Sketch albums of designs, 1957 - 1971. (27 volumes)

    Patterns. (32 folders)

    Sketches, 1928 - 1949. (160)

    Posters advertising various fashion shows. 1960s - 1970s. (10) (Large box in extra-outsized sequence)

    Newspaper cuttings. (1 folder)

    Ephemera. (1 folder)

  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    635 (Presto content ID)

    MS-1994-66 (Reference Number)

    M 644 (DBTextworks system ID)

    94/66 (Registration number)

  • Wāhanga

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  • Momo Taonga
  • Ingoa/Taitara
    Emma Knuckey - Papers relating to costume design, 1928 - 1971
  • Kaiwaihanga Matua
  • 1928-1971
  • Whakaahuatanga ā-Kiko

    3 transit boxes + 1 extra-outsized clamshell box

  • Kohinga
  • Taumata o te Mauhanga o Nāianei
    Parent
  • Ngā Tuhipoka Ahanoa Hāngai
    PH-2013-5
  • Ngā Taipitopito Tātai Takenga
    Provenance: Emma Knuckey.
  • Mrs Emma Knuckey was an Auckland fashion designer. She established her fashion house in Symonds Street and later in the Strand Arcade in partnership with Betty Clark. During the 1960s she supplied many of the large department stores in New Zealand such as Milne & Choyce, Smith & Caughey, Kirkcaldie & Stains, with exclusive designs in suits and gowns.
  • Whakahounga o Mua
    07 Jul 2023
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