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- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- paper; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1110
- Description
- Handmade paper hatbox with a lid. One piece of heavy paper is bent into a rounded oblong shape, and stitched together at one side. The bottom is attached with blue fabric. The overall pattern on the hatbox is a blue background wtih yellow and red flowers and feathers. The lid has the same patter…
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- Title
- Hatbox
- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- paper; fibre
- Description
- Handmade paper hatbox with a lid. One piece of heavy paper is bent into a rounded oblong shape, and stitched together at one side. The bottom is attached with blue fabric. The overall pattern on the hatbox is a blue background wtih yellow and red flowers and feathers. The lid has the same pattern with fabric glued around the outside edge. A small piece of fabric, with illegible handwriting, is glued to the centre of the lid. A string loop handle is threaded in one side.
- Subject
- crafts
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1110
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- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1045
- Description
- Small square linen napkin with an open embroidered design just inside the hemmed edges.
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- Title
- Napkin
- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 32.0 cm
- Description
- Small square linen napkin with an open embroidered design just inside the hemmed edges.
- Subject
- Mary Schaffer
- crafts
- needlework
- embroidery
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1045
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- Date
- 1890 – 1960
- Material
- antler
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1028
- Description
- A gently curved letter opener made from one piece of antler.
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- Title
- Paper Knife
- Date
- 1890 – 1960
- Material
- antler
- Description
- A gently curved letter opener made from one piece of antler.
- Subject
- Simpson family
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1028
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Retractable Ruler
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.48.0003
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal, silver; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0003
- Description
- A flat round silver plated case with an ornate scroll design on the top and bottom. There is a push button at the centre to retract the measuring tape through a slit on the side. An orange cloth tape inside the case is scaled to 36 inches along one side and to 1 meter on the other.
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- Title
- Retractable Ruler
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal, silver; fibre
- Dimensions
- 1.3 cm
- Description
- A flat round silver plated case with an ornate scroll design on the top and bottom. There is a push button at the centre to retract the measuring tape through a slit on the side. An orange cloth tape inside the case is scaled to 36 inches along one side and to 1 meter on the other.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- maintenence
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.48.0003
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Storage Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact104.19.0021
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- grass, reed
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0021
- Description
- A small rectangular basket with high sides. The basket is woven of natural coloured material with four coloured diamond shapes (white, red and black) on the side that have been made with dyed grass (an imbricated design).
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- Title
- Storage Basket
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- grass, reed
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 18.0 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- A small rectangular basket with high sides. The basket is woven of natural coloured material with four coloured diamond shapes (white, red and black) on the side that have been made with dyed grass (an imbricated design).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.19.0021
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- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1006
- Description
- A flat rectangular box with a label on top. The label features a woman in profile and “Puritan” in fancy lettering over the drawing of a pin. The label is also marked “Dressmakers’ Pins FINEST BRASS PINS MANUFACTURED BY THE AMERICAN PIN CO., WATERBUTY, CONN., U.S.A.” The box is filled with st…
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- Title
- Straight Pin
- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- metal; paper
- Description
- A flat rectangular box with a label on top. The label features a woman in profile and “Puritan” in fancy lettering over the drawing of a pin. The label is also marked “Dressmakers’ Pins FINEST BRASS PINS MANUFACTURED BY THE AMERICAN PIN CO., WATERBUTY, CONN., U.S.A.” The box is filled with straight pins.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- sewing
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1006
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- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1097
- Description
- Very fine embroidered tablecloth with brightly coloured flowers and leaves on a white silk background. The edge of the cloth is finished with knotted fringe for approximately 7.5 cm and then a long fringe (approximately 33.0 cm) hangs free .
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- Title
- Tablecloth
- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- Very fine embroidered tablecloth with brightly coloured flowers and leaves on a white silk background. The edge of the cloth is finished with knotted fringe for approximately 7.5 cm and then a long fringe (approximately 33.0 cm) hangs free .
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1097
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- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1095 a-e
- Description
- A tablecloth and four matching napkins. Each piece is made from beige cloth with taupe embroidery around the scalloped edges. There is also an embroidered floral design in taupe on each piece. The set is stored in a flat blue box that has a landscape picture in the upper left corner with the wo…
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- Title
- Tablecloth Set
- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- A tablecloth and four matching napkins. Each piece is made from beige cloth with taupe embroidery around the scalloped edges. There is also an embroidered floral design in taupe on each piece. The set is stored in a flat blue box that has a landscape picture in the upper left corner with the word “Ritze.” Written in pencil on the side of the box is “Bridge Set - ARK.”
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1095 a-e
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0013
- Description
- Long rug with geometric pattern of multi-tone beige ground with blue, red and black figures. Rug is very worn, and has previously been poorly repaired with red cloth tape on reverse. The edges are fraying and there are many areas of pile loss.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 92.5 x 252.0 cm
- Description
- Long rug with geometric pattern of multi-tone beige ground with blue, red and black figures. Rug is very worn, and has previously been poorly repaired with red cloth tape on reverse. The edges are fraying and there are many areas of pile loss.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- weaving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0013
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Untitled [Christmas card]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthte.08.001
- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.001
- Description
- A white paper card with a circular-shaped cutout window that displays a piece of woven wool with blue and silver metallic thread weft and a white cotton warp. Above the cutout is a painted tree branch in brown with blue and silver needles and a silver bulb suspension attached to the circle which re…
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- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Title
- Untitled [Christmas card]
- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A white paper card with a circular-shaped cutout window that displays a piece of woven wool with blue and silver metallic thread weft and a white cotton warp. Above the cutout is a painted tree branch in brown with blue and silver needles and a silver bulb suspension attached to the circle which represents a Christmas bulb ornament. The paper is folded in three parts. The first piece is folded over and glued; it encases the piece of woven fabric that appears as the circular shape on the front. When the card is opened, on viewer’s right, there is a printed greeting in blue ink “Merry Christmas” and in black ink “And Best Wishes for a very happy New Year Love, Eileen & Bob Hett”. On the back printed in pencil “EILEEN HETT” and underneath ”E14-#10-92”
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.001
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Untitled [Christmas card]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthte.08.003
- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.003
- Description
- A white paper card with a vertical cutout window that displays a piece of dark blue and white cotton weaving that represents a snowflake. The paper is folded in three parts. The first piece is folded over and glued; it encases the piece of woven fabric that appears as the vertical shape on the fron…
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- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Title
- Untitled [Christmas card]
- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- A white paper card with a vertical cutout window that displays a piece of dark blue and white cotton weaving that represents a snowflake. The paper is folded in three parts. The first piece is folded over and glued; it encases the piece of woven fabric that appears as the vertical shape on the front. When the card is opened, on viewer’s right, there is a printed greeting in blue ink “Merry Christmas” and in blue ball-point pen ink script “Love, Eileen & Bob Hett”. In writing viewer’s left, “Dear Mary, I hope you are feeling well, and will be able to be home for Christmas. The pattern on the card is from a recent issue of Weavers’. There are 6 versions of stars and snowflakes and I had fun playing. It was woven on my lovely Mary Andrews loom. Best wishes to you for the New Year.” On the back printed in pencil “EILEEN HETT” and underneath ”E14-#8 - 90”
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.003
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Untitled [Christmas card]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthte.08.009
- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.009
- Description
- A light green sheet of paper folded in half to make a card. There is a cutout of two toadstools on the front, and a piece of weaving in cotton, blue weft with a yellow warp, behind the cutout. Inside the open card, written in pen, viewer’s right, “Dear Mary, I’m enclosing the money order receipt fo…
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- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Title
- Untitled [Christmas card]
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.1 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- A light green sheet of paper folded in half to make a card. There is a cutout of two toadstools on the front, and a piece of weaving in cotton, blue weft with a yellow warp, behind the cutout. Inside the open card, written in pen, viewer’s right, “Dear Mary, I’m enclosing the money order receipt for the pique book - and your 12 (cent) change. It was so lovely to have you visit. I hope we can entice you north again sometime soon. I’ll be interested to hear of your experiences with computer draw-downs of pique. I leave out the shots that don’t show on the surface mine don’t look right. Perhaps it is because the computer thinks in terms of 50/50 weaves. Bob and I will be driving back from Vancouver and staying overnight in Banff on Aug. 22. We’ll get to Banff in the late afternoon. I’ll give you a call - and hope that you will be free to come and have dinner with us. Love, Eileen May 31, 1989” Printed in pencil “HETT E-14-#14 -96”
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.009
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Untitled [Christmas card]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthte.08.011
- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.011
- Description
- A white paper card with a candle shape cutout that displays a piece of red cotton and silver metallic thread weaving behind. There are black lines emanating from the candle representing rays from the flame. On the bottom printed in black calligraphic script “Season’s Greetings”. The paper is folde…
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- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Title
- Untitled [Christmas card]
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.1 x 10.8 cm
- Description
- A white paper card with a candle shape cutout that displays a piece of red cotton and silver metallic thread weaving behind. There are black lines emanating from the candle representing rays from the flame. On the bottom printed in black calligraphic script “Season’s Greetings”. The paper is folded in three parts. The first piece is folded over and glued; it encases the piece of woven fabric that appears as the vertical shape on the front. Printed in black ink inside, viewer’s right “”Dear Mary I was disappointed to read in the HWSDA newsletter that you won’t be at the conference in Lethbridge. You will be missed greatly. Our More than - 4 study group is working on double weaves this year. We have several interesting samples on the go. Bob is in his last year of teaching- and especially as he is marking exams at the moment- he can’t wait for retirement. A very Happy New Year. Love Eileen & Bob Hett” Printed on the back in pencil “EILEEN HETT E14 - #11 - 93”
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.011
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Untitled [Christmas card]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthte.08.012
- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Date
- 1995
- Medium
- on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.012
- Description
- A light blue sheet of paper folded in half to make a card. There is a cutout of a butterfly on the front, and a piece of weaving in blue and yellow cotton behind the cutout. Inside, written on viewer’s right, “Dear Mary, I’ve just heard that you have had to have a session in the hospital this fall.…
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- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Title
- Untitled [Christmas card]
- Date
- 1995
- Medium
- on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- A light blue sheet of paper folded in half to make a card. There is a cutout of a butterfly on the front, and a piece of weaving in blue and yellow cotton behind the cutout. Inside, written on viewer’s right, “Dear Mary, I’ve just heard that you have had to have a session in the hospital this fall. I hope you are feeling more comfortable by now. Our guild has just had our annual sale. The figures seem to be about the same as last year - not growing but not dropping either. As you may know the HWSDA conference will be in Fairview this year - a very long way for the people in the south of the province to go. Marg and I are scheduled to teach 2 short dying classes at Olds this summer. Unfortunately they are the same time as Convergence so they may not run. Take care, Love Eileen Hett”. Printed in pencil underneath noter “E 14-#13-95” . Also written in pencil on the top of back of card “Eileen Hett”
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.012
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Untitled [Christmas card]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthte.08.013
- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.013
- Description
- A light blue sheet of paper folded in half to make a card. There is a cutout of a butterfly on the front, and a piece of weaving in cotton, blue and purple behind the cutout. Inside printed in black, viewer’s right, “Dear Mary, Since the mails seem to be moving at the moment I thought I would get …
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- Artist
- Eileen Hett
- Title
- Untitled [Christmas card]
- Date
- 1994
- Medium
- on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- A light blue sheet of paper folded in half to make a card. There is a cutout of a butterfly on the front, and a piece of weaving in cotton, blue and purple behind the cutout. Inside printed in black, viewer’s right, “Dear Mary, Since the mails seem to be moving at the moment I thought I would get this check off to you. I’m really looking foreward (sic) to seeing your work. Sincerely, Eileen Hett Sept 9, 1991”. Au verso printed in pencil “Eileen Hett E 14-#12-94”
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- HtE.08.013
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Untitled (woman at a tapestry loom)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpoa.08.01
- Artist
- April Post
- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- weaving on fibre
- Catalogue Number
- PoA.08.01
- Description
- A woman, with black hair tied by a pink ribbon, is sitting on a carpet using an upright tapestry loom. She is using a hand comb to bring down the threads that will beat the weft down. The background is blue and the colours used to depict the woman’s clothing is shades of blues for the blouse and sk…
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- Artist
- April Post
- Title
- Untitled (woman at a tapestry loom)
- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- weaving on fibre
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- A woman, with black hair tied by a pink ribbon, is sitting on a carpet using an upright tapestry loom. She is using a hand comb to bring down the threads that will beat the weft down. The background is blue and the colours used to depict the woman’s clothing is shades of blues for the blouse and skirt and pink for the belt. She is sitting on a vertical striped, green, pink, beige striped carpet on a white background. The carpet she is weaving has chevron shapes and is green, pink, blue and grey.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- April Post
- Mary G. Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- PoA.08.01
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War Bonnet Headdress
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.09.3019
- Date
- c. 1900
- Material
- feathers; fibre; glass; hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3019
- Description
- Old headdress. Beaded browband with two strands of cylindrical aqua beads and black beads, with large green and black hanging beaded loops. White feathers and dark feathers trimmed with red down tips and bases. Horse hair, dyed purple, attached to feather tips. Many ermine tails, dyed horseha…
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- Title
- War Bonnet Headdress
- Date
- c. 1900
- Material
- feathers; fibre; glass; hair
- Description
- Old headdress. Beaded browband with two strands of cylindrical aqua beads and black beads, with large green and black hanging beaded loops. White feathers and dark feathers trimmed with red down tips and bases. Horse hair, dyed purple, attached to feather tips. Many ermine tails, dyed horsehair, and cropped horsehair attached to each end of browband. Base of feathers wrapped with strips of old English blanket and heavy white thread. Bits of ermine skin and tails and white lace attached to scullcap made from brown felt hat.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- regalia
- beadwork
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.3019
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- Date
- 1890 – 1935
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0051 a-h
- Description
- A sack-shaped crocheted string bag with a long woven handle. The bag is light brown, with various bands of a black and white triangular pattern, and also has a red ring around the bottom. Inside the bag there is a card that reads “Dear Pearl, This came out of an old shop in old Panama. It’s all …
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- Title
- Woven Bag
- Date
- 1890 – 1935
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 65.0 cm
- Description
- A sack-shaped crocheted string bag with a long woven handle. The bag is light brown, with various bands of a black and white triangular pattern, and also has a red ring around the bottom. Inside the bag there is a card that reads “Dear Pearl, This came out of an old shop in old Panama. It’s all filled with greetings. Mrs. Wm. Warren, Banff”. Inside the bag is also: 3 red-earth pottery shards, 3 paper 8-pointed stars with German writing.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0051 a-h
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