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

documentary heritage
  • Description

    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)

  • Other Id

    635 (Presto content ID)

    MS-1994-66 (Reference Number)

    M 644 (DBTextworks system ID)

    94/66 (Registration number)

  • Department

    Manuscripts

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    manuscript

  • Name/Title
    Emma Knuckey - Papers relating to costume design, 1928 - 1971
  • Primary Maker

     Emma Knuckey

  • Date
    1928-1971
  • Physical Description

    3 transit boxes + 1 extra-outsized clamshell box

  • Collection
    Emma Cecelia Knuckey
  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Related Object Notes
    PH-2013-5
  • Provenance Details
    Provenance: Emma Knuckey.
  • Subject Notes
    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.
  • Last Update
    07 Jul 2023
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