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Chair
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Chair |
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| Object type | YWCA/community organisations; needlework/crafts; women Classification: NM3.1013 |
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English: Tapestry chair, worked by Jessie McCosh Clark (nee Geddes) In Memory of her mother, J. McKail Geddes chair with wooden frame and worked tapestry covers for seat and back-rest; presentation plaque- IN MEMORY OF - MRS J. MCKAIL GEDDES - PRESIDENT 1913 - 18 - TAPESTRY WORKED BY MRS. A. MCCOSH CLARK - NEE JESSIE GEDDES |
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| Date | 27 Oct 2004; 19 Oct 2004; Post 1955; Elizabeth II (1952 -)-House of Windsor-English reign | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Tapestry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2004.105.25 |
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| Place of creation | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2004.105.25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | tapestry chair, worked by Jessie McCosh Clark (nee Geddes) in memory of her mother, Mrs J. McKail Geddes (nee Webster). Mary McKail Geddes, the daughter of William Webster (sawmiller and lay-preacher) and Hana Webster (nee Gillies) was of Ngapuhi descent. she spent her childhood in the Hokianga area, but was sent to Auckland to attend a Ladies college in Greys Ave., and subsequently married John mcKail Geddes, an Auckland importer and merchant. mThe family home 'Hazelbank' later became the Elam School of Art. Mary Geddes was concerned with many issues facing women- she was a founder of the original Auckland Plunket committee (1906), she joined the YWCA (1908), she set up a network of community and medical services during the 1918 influenza epidemic, and supported the reorganised National Council of Women. It was Mary Geddes' vision of a home for girls that made the first Queen St house for girls (opened 1918) a possibility. Mary McKail Geddes' eldest daughter, Mary A Geddes, continued the family's involvement in YWCA activities. mary, a keen sportswoman, had ambitions of becoming a doctor - a career that her father did not approve. Instead she became professionally involved in the YWCA, setting up the nHearth Fire movement (teaching domestic skills), writing a handbook, 'Leaders of Girls', and also worked in Australia as national girls department secretary. she joined the Auckland YWCA board when she returned to New Zealand in 1919. During the depression the family's income shrank and Mary took over most of the household chores previously done by servants. In the early 1940s Mary enlisted for service with the Women's Auxiliary Army Service (WAAC), and became commandant of the WAACs at Papakura camp. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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