Interior design
![Barry Little in white suit leading a group from the Society of Interior Designers of Australia on a visit to the Philippines](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/2afd150cbc834030b689791cdb786ea5.jpg)
A Little archive that tells a big story
Ahead of his time, interior designer Barry Little had a significant influence on Australian interiors in the 1960s and 70s
![Detail of geometric motif](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/bce53e58afe34ca4a9113b6458a77c69.jpg)
A new phase of life for Marlborough Hall
Historical research informs contemporary design, helping to give this original art deco apartment block a new lease on life
![Matching wool colours using a late 19th-century pattern and unfinished Berlin wool work sample from the Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/08/35b2f46ac5f0403ab67b07438b99db8d.jpg)
A stitch in time
Tatting, knotting, knitting, pin-tucking, crocheting, pinking, stitching, stuffing, embroidering … needles fly at Elizabeth Bay House
![Light fittings](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/03/2b5a111375c340a0983398e6abbd9ac3.jpg)
A world of designs
Trade catalogues, published to illustrate the products for sale from a manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer, reveal the surprising wealth of choice available to Australian consumers in the 19th century
![Fanlight, timber, circa 1836](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/11/592316a3b6694749a3e7cb3a0e1ae4cd.jpg)
Architectural remnants from The Vineyard - Subiaco
The Vineyard at Rydalmere NSW (later known as Subiaco), designed by architect John Verge for Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur and completed in 1836, is almost universally described by architectural historians as one of Sydney’s finest colonial homes
![](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/c6e2653b187049fcb4ca057c41fc52ee.jpg)
Chip-carved table
This demountable occasional table was produced by English trained carpenter George Stevenson Liggins (1874-1907) shortly after his arrival in Melbourne, Australia around 1902
![](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/973d6df817004aa196152b4d75ee3bcf.jpg)
Cool Colours
In Spring 2015, Museums of History NSW was asked if it could assist in the recreation of a 1950s colour palette for Hillary’s Hut, located at the Scott Base, Antarctica
![Design for frieze / by Ethel Atkinson](https://images.mhnsw.au/fotoweb/embed/2024/06/33506b1cd7b2431ca909efa42ad326fd.jpg)
Creating Imagined Interiors
Join industry experts at the Caroline Simpson Library as they discuss different approaches to creating interiors for house museums and film and television productions
!['Flannel flower' figured rolled glass samples, distributed by James Sandy & Co, Sydney, 1909-14. 9.5(h) x 4.5cm(w) [each sample]. Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Museums of History NSW. L2007/252.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/zl9du87e/production/3855bef589ab3f1125cf55f03f0cb8a4c0c023df-1366x334.jpg?fit=max&auto=format)
Decorative architectural glass: 'figured rolled' samples
Figured rolled glass is a type of 'obscured', commercially produced sheet glass which is smooth on one side and has a figured or patterned surface on the other