Antiques will be on display at Vogel House

Press, 12 February 1986, Page 22

Antiques will be on display at Vogel House

The Prime Minister’s official residence will be refurnished with priceless furniture more than 400 years old and with antique silver and glass ware and architectural water colours.

The new-found grandeur of Vogel House will last only as long as the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts and the Past Tense exhibition being hosted by Mr Lange. The exhibition will bring together many of New Zealand’s finest antiques and also trace the art of furniture making. The oldest item in the

collection is a Tudor serving table of 1550; the newest a Mies van der Rohe Barcelona chair made in 1936. The exhibition also includes a collection of Waterford glass from the years 1740 to 1820, and 1780 Robert Adam table, a collection of important early silver and porcelain ornaments and vases.

Presented by Fletcher Challenge in association with the Ministry of Works and Development, Past Tense also includes a collection of architects’ sketches curated by Chris Cochran and Rob Ansell. Covering New Zealand

buildings designed between 1855 and 1985, they include the earliest artists’ impressions of many public and private buildings. Past Tense organisers refuse to disclose the value of the exhibition, but curator Campbell Moon says security will be in excess of that provided for the Monet exhibition. Displays will fill the entire ground floor of Vogel House and visitors will also be able to view the gardens. This unique exhibition will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily from March 6 to March 24.