Mid-Century Living

For over 30 years, Christine Fernyhough has built an extraordinary collection of over 4000 everyday objects of mid-century New Zealand craft, design and art. From furniture to toys, tableware to ornamental objects, Royal Family memorabilia to Kiwiana, together these objects are colourful and tangible record of the way we live and the things we surrounded ourselves with. This beautiful book shares Christine’s collection for all to enjoy. Colour-drenched photographs bring to life her bach and all its rooms, intimately taking the reader into her lively story of how it all came to be. She entertainingly blends her own family stories with those of New Zealand’s manufacturers and craftspeople, sharing her journey into collecting as well as her knowledge and passion.

25.7 x 20 x 3.5cm
hardback 
367 pages
9780143772361