Bed ends

Production date
1923
 Description
A carved totara bedstead with the posts depicting carved figures. Head and footboard convexed at the top, headboard has two lower uncarved slats, footboard has one carved slat, much use of paua shell, the two anchor boards are plain, and there are four metal bolts. Bed on castors.
 See full details

Object detail

Artist/Maker
Production role
Carver
Production date
1923
Production place
New Zealand/Taranaki/Otākeho
Production period
1920s
Subject person
Classification
Furniture/Building Furnishings
Credit line
These totara bed ends took Les Mackie about 1200 hours to carve, using a pocket knife and dental tools. They were featured in the New Zealand Pavilion at the Wembley Commonwealth Exhibition, London in 1924–1925, and were donated to Taranaki Museum in 1961.
Accession number
A63.751
Collection type
Social History
Material
Totara
Wood

Share

My shortlist

Subject place

Subject

Production place

Explore other objects by colour

Public comments

Be the first to comment on this object record.

Google reCaptchaThis site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.