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Peggy Hay
New Zealand designer
Beatrice Margaret Proffitt (née Hay; 23 September 1924 – 4 October 2016) was New Zealand designer.[1] Examples of her work are held in the permanent collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[2]
Peggy Hay | |
|---|---|
| Born | Beatrice Margaret Hay (1924-09-23)23 September 1924 Waimate, New Zealand |
| Died | 4 October 2016(2016-10-04) (aged 92) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Other names | Peggy Proffitt |
| Occupation | Designer |
| Spouse |
Alan Proffitt
(m. 1950; died 2014) |
Hay was born in Waimate, South Canterbury, and grew up on a farm.[1] She studied craft and design at the Canterbury College School of Art in Christchurch from 1943 to 1948; one of her tutors was Francis Shurrock, a sculptor and a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts movement in New Zealand. She also studied metal artwork and jewellery design and making with Johnny Johnstone.[3]
Hay designed handblocked wallpaper and fabric. Pieces of her wallpapers and garments made from her fabric are held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[2]
In 1950, at Knox Church, Waimate, Hay married Alan Thomas Proffitt, a civil engineer who later oversaw the design and construction of the Wellington Urban Motorway and construction of the Terrace Tunnel.[1][4] The couple had five children.[1] Peggy Proffitt died in Wellington on 4 October 2016,[5] having been predeceased by her husband in 2014.[2]
- Donoghue, Tim (22 February 2014). "A Life Story – Terrace Tunnel engineer left enduring imprint". Retrieved 15 August 2019 – via PressReader.
- "Peggy Hay | Collections Online – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- Calhoun, Ann (2015). Arts & Crafts Design. p. 308.
- "Marriage". The Press. Vol. 87, no. 26314. 8 January 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- "In memory of Beatrice (Peggy) Proffitt". Tributes Online. Retrieved 22 September 2021.