Wallpaper

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Title

Wallpaper

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This kitchen-themed paper was made in Britain and imported to New Zealand where it was hung locally by Raymond (Ray) Weeber (1917-2011, Wellington). Ray was a house painter and decorator in Wellington from the 1930s to 1970s. He learnt the trade from his father Gordon Weeber who began the business around 1919.Wallpaper had been popular in New Zealand homes since the nineteenth century, but increased in availability and colourful design in the 1950s. Papers were both imported and made in New Z...

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Format

Image

Date created

1950s-1961

Creator

Shand Kydd Ltd

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/721921

Related subjects

paper / ink / wallpapers / Wellington / United Kingdom

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