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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.08.0002 a,b
- Description
- A pair of textured, gold-coloured, curtains. The fabric has a sheen (satin?) and is shot through with dark gold. A 12.5 cm band of deep gold velvet is sewn along the bottom edge. Each curtain is decorated with large gold and brown flowers outlined in metallic thread. They are embroidered thickl…
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- Title
- Curtain
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 111.0 x 120.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of textured, gold-coloured, curtains. The fabric has a sheen (satin?) and is shot through with dark gold. A 12.5 cm band of deep gold velvet is sewn along the bottom edge. Each curtain is decorated with large gold and brown flowers outlined in metallic thread. They are embroidered thickly, in three dense lines, at the bottom above the velvet. There are more flowers scattered about the rest of each curtain. Small metal rings are sewn to the top edge for hanging.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.08.0002 a,b
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Decorative Plaque
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.1013%20a%2cb
- Date
- prior to 1955
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1013 a,b
- Description
- Handpainted decorative plaques (a) yellow frying pan with flying duck. (b) lady's head with bonnet.
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- Title
- Decorative Plaque
- Date
- prior to 1955
- Material
- ceramic
- Description
- Handpainted decorative plaques (a) yellow frying pan with flying duck. (b) lady's head with bonnet.
- Subject
- household
- furnishing
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of United Church, Banff, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.1013 a,b
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Decorative Plate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0340
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0340
- Description
- Small, slope-sided saucer. Copper body with green enamel on bottom and deep blue enamel in dish, decorated with daisy-like multi-coloured flower and leaves. Decoration in cloisonné.
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- Title
- Decorative Plate
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 12.3 cm
- Description
- Small, slope-sided saucer. Copper body with green enamel on bottom and deep blue enamel in dish, decorated with daisy-like multi-coloured flower and leaves. Decoration in cloisonné.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0340
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Decorative Vase
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0288
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0288
- Description
- Small, squat vase with circular, felted foot and body which sharply narrows into neck which flares up to rim. Dominant green glaze with rust and blue accents, and clear (ivory) glaze at neck.
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- Title
- Decorative Vase
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 5.6 cm
- Description
- Small, squat vase with circular, felted foot and body which sharply narrows into neck which flares up to rim. Dominant green glaze with rust and blue accents, and clear (ivory) glaze at neck.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0288
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Decorative Vase
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0292
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0292
- Description
- Squat, tinted green glass vase which has widened body which narrows to neck and flares out to curly-edged rim.
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- Title
- Decorative Vase
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Squat, tinted green glass vase which has widened body which narrows to neck and flares out to curly-edged rim.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0292
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0358
- Description
- Possibly commercially made, white, placemat-size lace cotton doily or table cover. Centre panel of rectangular piece contains two flower and two sunburst designs at four corners and these two designs are repeated at border, very open and lacy.
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- Title
- Doily
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- Possibly commercially made, white, placemat-size lace cotton doily or table cover. Centre panel of rectangular piece contains two flower and two sunburst designs at four corners and these two designs are repeated at border, very open and lacy.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0358
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- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- wood; ceramic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0038
- Description
- An electric table lamp with a vase-shaped base resting in a ring of wood. The base has a cream coloured crackle glaze. The white, possibly acetate, shade has a simple, flared shape (more recent - 1975?) and the bottom edge is finished with a braid trim.
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- Title
- Electric Lamp
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- wood; ceramic; fibre
- Dimensions
- 50.0 cm
- Description
- An electric table lamp with a vase-shaped base resting in a ring of wood. The base has a cream coloured crackle glaze. The white, possibly acetate, shade has a simple, flared shape (more recent - 1975?) and the bottom edge is finished with a braid trim.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0038
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Electric Table Lamp
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- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0083
- Description
- Tall varnished lamp fashioned out of a burled branch from a tree. Pounded copper ring fits over uppermost end of lamp has also been varnished. Home made, small lamp shade support, made from hollow copper tubing and solid brass, is soldered together. 20.5 cm. pull chain hangs from light socket. Irre…
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- Title
- Electric Table Lamp
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 59.5 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Tall varnished lamp fashioned out of a burled branch from a tree. Pounded copper ring fits over uppermost end of lamp has also been varnished. Home made, small lamp shade support, made from hollow copper tubing and solid brass, is soldered together. 20.5 cm. pull chain hangs from light socket. Irregular oval home-made brass screw fastens lamp shade to support, lamp shade is missing.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0083
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Electric Table Lamp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.05.0087
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0087
- Description
- Varnished wooden lamp made from a twisty dark red branch with numerous crevices and seams. Irregular base is 4.5 cm. high and is fashioned from a cross section of a tree. The outer surface of the base is blond while the inside rings are dark. Red felt is glued to bottom of base. Light brown cardboa…
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- Title
- Electric Table Lamp
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 74.0 x 34.5 cm
- Description
- Varnished wooden lamp made from a twisty dark red branch with numerous crevices and seams. Irregular base is 4.5 cm. high and is fashioned from a cross section of a tree. The outer surface of the base is blond while the inside rings are dark. Red felt is glued to bottom of base. Light brown cardboard shade is decorated on one side only with three watercolour flowers handpainted in different shades of brown, green and white. Shade held by three long arms inside which screw around light socket. Marks on socket, "LEVITON/ made in U.S.A. 66OW 25OV"
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0087
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0013
- Description
- An elongated tall thin simple figure carved from a single piece of wood which is half light and half dark. The figure has one hand at the waist holding a wooden spear through a hole drilled in its fist. The other hand is clasped at the chest holding the broken remains of another spear. The figur…
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- Title
- Figurine
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 4.5; 4.6 (base) x 5.5; 4.6 (base) cm
- Description
- An elongated tall thin simple figure carved from a single piece of wood which is half light and half dark. The figure has one hand at the waist holding a wooden spear through a hole drilled in its fist. The other hand is clasped at the chest holding the broken remains of another spear. The figure is wearing a short skirt,a tall flat headdress with three incised vertical grid-like bands and has large pierced earlobes and very simply carved facial features. There is a tall wire silver coloured collar that is wrapped around the figurine’s long neck. The figure is standing on a low circular base made of a different type of wood.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- souvenirs
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0013
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0002 a-f
- Description
- A set of six Madeira finger bowl towels. Each towel is woven of linen and decorated with an embroidered rooster. One towel, 103.02.0002a, is marked with “J.W.” written in ink in one corner.
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- Title
- Fingertip Towel
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A set of six Madeira finger bowl towels. Each towel is woven of linen and decorated with an embroidered rooster. One towel, 103.02.0002a, is marked with “J.W.” written in ink in one corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0002 a-f
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0003 a,b
- Description
- A set of two Madeira linen finger bowl towels. Each towel has scalloped edges and is decorated with a rooster embroidered in one corner with silk thread.
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- Title
- Fingertip Towel
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A set of two Madeira linen finger bowl towels. Each towel has scalloped edges and is decorated with a rooster embroidered in one corner with silk thread.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0003 a,b
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.0012
- Description
- A made to measure metal fire screen built for the living room fireplace cutout. The screen is an arched, wrought iron frame, divided in three parts and hinged to fold and fit, cutouts with screen mesh in them, and two legs upright by itself. Two wrought iron handles are affixed vertically at the up…
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- Title
- Fire Screen
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 121.0 x 82.0 cm
- Description
- A made to measure metal fire screen built for the living room fireplace cutout. The screen is an arched, wrought iron frame, divided in three parts and hinged to fold and fit, cutouts with screen mesh in them, and two legs upright by itself. Two wrought iron handles are affixed vertically at the upper side of the vertical edges of the centre panel.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.0012
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.0013 a-c
- Description
- The poker (c) is an iron rod with an oblate spheroid handle with a smaller topknot at one end, squared into an elongated point at the other end of a round shaft. The shovel (b) is a flat dish, lightly rimmed at its side and back of scoop, attached to a square wrought iron piece of channel iron turn…
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- Title
- Fireset
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 38.3 cm
- Description
- The poker (c) is an iron rod with an oblate spheroid handle with a smaller topknot at one end, squared into an elongated point at the other end of a round shaft. The shovel (b) is a flat dish, lightly rimmed at its side and back of scoop, attached to a square wrought iron piece of channel iron turned and terminating in a handle of about 16 cm twisted wrought iron surmounted by a square of wrought iron. The trident (a) is a large fireplace fork of wrought iron, three tines which are bent slightly forward, a curved wrought iron stem which terminates in a loop of iron a hanging loop.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.07.0013 a-c
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- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0285
- Description
- Tall, slender, clear glass vase which gently narrows at neck and flares gradually into curly-design rim, otherwise very plain.
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- Title
- Flower Vase
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 19.9 x 6.6 cm
- Description
- Tall, slender, clear glass vase which gently narrows at neck and flares gradually into curly-design rim, otherwise very plain.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0285
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- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0286
- Description
- Green and white glass vase. Circular base and short stem from base are clear glass, above stem vase body is green tinted glass which bulbs out initially and narrows into long neck which gently flares and terminates in curly design rim. Subtle vertical row marks can be seen in vase glass.
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- Title
- Flower Vase
- Date
- 1930 – 1970
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 20.2 x 5.7 cm
- Description
- Green and white glass vase. Circular base and short stem from base are clear glass, above stem vase body is green tinted glass which bulbs out initially and narrows into long neck which gently flares and terminates in curly design rim. Subtle vertical row marks can be seen in vase glass.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0286
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0009
- Description
- A deerskin fob in the shape of a chief's head with beadwork defining the profiled face and feather headdress. The fob has a small loop at the top. Beaded underneath the chief’s head is an inscription in Cree syllabics.
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- Title
- Fob
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- skin, deer; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- A deerskin fob in the shape of a chief's head with beadwork defining the profiled face and feather headdress. The fob has a small loop at the top. Beaded underneath the chief’s head is an inscription in Cree syllabics.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0009
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- horn; fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0380
- Description
- A large, home-made, hat rack consisting of five polished buffalo horns attached to a block of wood covered with blue, polka-dotted fabric. Rectangular block has a pair of large curving horns coming out from each side at the top, a rhinoceros like horn coming out the middle, and two curved horns at …
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- Title
- Hat Rack
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- horn; fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 20.0 x 54.0 cm
- Description
- A large, home-made, hat rack consisting of five polished buffalo horns attached to a block of wood covered with blue, polka-dotted fabric. Rectangular block has a pair of large curving horns coming out from each side at the top, a rhinoceros like horn coming out the middle, and two curved horns at the bottom, like legs, curving back in towards the block. Horns light at base shading to dark tips. Block covered with material patterned with tiny nails at sides and back. Base of each horn covered with small sleeve of faded red fabric trimmed with white at the edge, nailed to the block. Purple, felt, notched-edged and pierced band horizontally above middle horn. Large, braided pink, white and light blue hanging loop nailed to top.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0380
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0099
- Description
- A diminutive hand carved wooden figurine, hand painted. Rectangular pedestal supports male, boy or man? who is standing hands akimbo. He is wearing black boots, suspender pants, a brown jacket, and a brown hat. Tied around his neck is a red tie in a bow at the front of his white shirt. Fairly car…
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- Title
- Man Figurine
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.8 x 1.6 x 1.8 cm
- Description
- A diminutive hand carved wooden figurine, hand painted. Rectangular pedestal supports male, boy or man? who is standing hands akimbo. He is wearing black boots, suspender pants, a brown jacket, and a brown hat. Tied around his neck is a red tie in a bow at the front of his white shirt. Fairly carefully carved and painted face with an expression of weariness, disgruntlement, or schadenfreude.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- figure
- male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0099
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- Date
- 1939 – 1945
- Material
- wood, balsa; paper; metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0165
- Description
- A match box with a metal case containing a wooden, paper covered drawer. One side of the case’s exterior bears a shield and the English Lion in gold, red and blue on a beige ground. The other side has “The British War Relief Society” also in red and blue on a beige ground. The phrase "There'll …
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- Title
- Match Holder
- Date
- 1939 – 1945
- Material
- wood, balsa; paper; metal; enamel
- Dimensions
- 1.2 x 2.8 x 4.2 cm
- Description
- A match box with a metal case containing a wooden, paper covered drawer. One side of the case’s exterior bears a shield and the English Lion in gold, red and blue on a beige ground. The other side has “The British War Relief Society” also in red and blue on a beige ground. The phrase "There'll always be an England.” runs along one side of the box.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- smoking
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0165
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