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New Zealand — Furniture - Post 1950 - Cordy's
Auction House:
| Cordy's | |
|---|---|
| Number of lots recorded: | 37 |
| Lots with images: | 37 |
| Prices available: | 37 |
Category:
New Zealand
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A rare pair of quality Chinese huanghuali Emperor and Empress chairs together with the matching side table; fine pierced and carved detail to the scrolling arms, back panels and supports, the seats panelled, the plain scrolling legs with fully stretchered… | *** |  |
| *** | An iconic New Zealand Garth Chester Curvesse chair, constructed from a single piece of bent plywood, c.1944. This chair remains the single most significant piece of furniture produced in New Zealand, in good polished finish | *** |  |
| *** | A 1955 McKenzie & Willis (Christchurch, NZ) three-piece 'banana' lounge suite, the striking curved frame later reupholstered in white vinyl and a geometric turquoise, cream and green fabric. 190 x 76 x 70 cm (couch). Note: This superb New Zealand classic… | *** |  |
| *** | Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori scenic pedestal side table, the oval top including eight figures and a dog in a lake landscape with canoe and whare, highlighted in colours and signed and dated 1944, the stylised Maori figured stand carved and pierced,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Garth Chester 'Nicholson Chapel' chair, c1945, plywood with original varnished finish, originally from a conjoined pair. Note; Only 50 of these chairs were commissioned. | *** |  |
| *** | A Designers Collection French style three seater couch, the scrolling wooden frame upholstered in a grey linen, three separate seat cushions, raised on short scrolling cabriole legs. Together with a matching ottoman. 223 x 98 x 95 cm and 100 x 66 x 52 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A set of eight Sefton Powrie walnut and oak Georgian style stick back dining chairs, comprising two carver chairs in oak and six conforming side chairs in walnut all with upholstered drop in seats. | *** |  |
| *** | Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori design pedestal side table, the oval top with two women performing a hongi, a dog beside and with distant whare with further figures within a bush and lake landscape, coloured highlights, signed and dated 1944 upon a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Cavit & Co, Louis XVI style sideboard, matching the above table and chairs, parquetry top and pair of large cupboard doors, cream 'Terra' painted detail. 160 x 49 x 100 cm. Retail cost at time of purchase $14,350. | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage Chapman Taylor adzed rimu and leather refectory table and six chairs, the five chairs and single matching carver each with three rail ladderbacks, the top with maker's signature carved arrow form, adzed spiral detail to the legs and refectory… | *** |  |
| *** | A Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori design pedestal side table, the oval top with five figures a dog and a pig to the foreground, a lake with waka and background with a carved pataka storehouse beyond; raised on upon a figural column from a stepped… | *** |  |
| *** | Jane Brenkley carved and painted Maori decorated pedestal table, the oval top with Maori figures and whare in a treed landscape, a seated dog included, geometric carved Maori edge, the pedestal has a double-sided Maori stylised figure on a stepped… | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive Sefton Powrie mahogany glazed bookcase, restrained elegant pediment over three doors, adjustable shelves, raised on plinth base. 184 x 43 x 250 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage, idiosyncratic New Zealand native timbers table, the capstan shaped base with multiple inlaid pieces supporting a circular top inlaid in a sunray pattern, label to the base 'Made by Jim Barlow, Orakei Cabinetmaker, Public Works Dept. given to… | *** |  |
| *** | A proto-type plywood 'Curvette' chair by Greg Smith, inspired by Garth Chester's Curvesse chair, one of three similar chairs made, an example exhibited 'Ply-Ability Exhibition, Hawkes Bay Museum and Art Gallery, 2009/10 | *** |  |
| *** | A decorative modern side cabinet with silvered finish, two large doors with peacock painted decoration, reeded canted corners and short tapering square section feet. 160 x 40 x 98 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An oak Sefton Powrie Irish gate-leg 'wake' table, of solid construction, together with nine Georgian style oak Lancashire ladder-back dining chairs, with drop-in rush seats and turned front stretchers, includes two carvers. 198 cm x 150 cm x 77 cm… | *** |  |
| *** | Marilyn Sainty set of three 1990 New Zealand design bar stools, the steel frames with curved kauri seats, made in a limited edition. Height 97.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A set of four vintage Chapman-Taylor rimu dining chairs, traditional adzed frame with rail backs and studded brown leather slung seats. Carved makers Sagittarian arrow mark. | *** |  |
| *** | A Sefton Powrie oak sideboard, four drawers over four cupboards, H-style hinges, brass handles, on square section feet, some fading to top. 176 cm x 46 cm x 4 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A unique hand carved macrocarpa chair by Kevin McCardell, the seat and back carved with realistic grasping hands. Height 123 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A 1960's New Zealand Don armchair, mahogany arms and frame, recently refurbished and upholstered. See https://ngataonga.org.nz/set/item/272 for 1960's Don TV advertisement. | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of contemporary designer (Tiquila Kola) black mirrored bedside cabinets, each with a single drawer, chrome studded detail, leather strap drawer and side handles. 50 x 50 x 60 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A contemporary polished steel sideboard large than above the front with two drawers above two pairs of doors, raised on short rectangular section legs, similar to above. 150 x 45 x 85 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Four rimu Roy Lippincott lecture chairs, designed for the old Arts/Clock tower building (1926) at 22 Princes St Auckland which Lippincott also designed. | *** |  |
| *** | Eight Sefton Powrie oak ladder back chairs, five rungs to the back with brown leather upholstery, turned stretcher base to the front. Width 48.5 cm, depth 40 cm, height 100 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Jane Brenkley carved box, the exterior carved and painted with roses, the interior lined with wallpaper, photos and the usual carved verse and picture to the lid, signed and dated 1955. 33 cm x 21 cm x 15 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Jane Brenkley carved box, the exterior carved and painted with roses, the interior lined with paper, photos and the usual carved verse and picture to the lid, signed and dated 1955. 26.5 cm x 21.5 cm x 18 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A New Zealand kauri console table, the serpentine top raised on cabriole front legs, small frieze drawer. 158 x 57 x 86 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Chapman Taylor drop-side tea wagon, fluted top edge, the cabinet base with single door to one end, the other with single drawer above two-shelf four wine bottle rack, large solid cart type wheels, adze detail including wrythen main supports, two handles… | *** |  |
| *** | Four contemporary New Zealand made dining chairs by Gary Hunt, Brilliant Studio', steel framed, shaped teak backs, leather upholstered seats. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chapman Taylor rimu two-stage occasional table, of oblong shape with adzed border and platform base. Sagittarius mark, width 55 cm, depth 30 cm, height 56 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chapman-Taylor carved rimu double bed ends, no rails, shaped and plain slats, wrythen carved and adzed ends. With maker's cypher, width 145 cm, height 114 cm. Provenance: as above. | *** |  |
| *** | Four contemporary N.Z. made dining chairs by Gary Hunt, Brilliant Studio', steel framed, shaped teak backs, leather upholstered seats. | *** |  |
| *** | A New Zealand timbers chess table, the square top inlaid in various timbers, totara, rewarewa etc, raised on four tapering faceted legs. Width 62 cm, depth 61 cm, height 48 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Chapman Taylor three-shelf wall rack, carved and fluted supports with carved maker's cypher to one side panel, width 92 cm, height 74 cm. Provenance: as above. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chapman Taylor rimu coffee table, of oblong shape with cut corners and trestle base. Sagittarius mark, width 122 cm, depth 48 cm, height 42 cm. | *** |  |