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Date
1830 – 1900
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
102.03.0079
Description
Traditional Japanese household medicine or spice cabinet, 17 drawers, each affixed with brass pull, arrayed in four rows, five drawers in top row, and four in each of lower three rows.
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Title
Medicine Cabinet
Date
1830 – 1900
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
23.3 x 8.1 x 32.0 cm
Description
Traditional Japanese household medicine or spice cabinet, 17 drawers, each affixed with brass pull, arrayed in four rows, five drawers in top row, and four in each of lower three rows.
Subject
households
furnishings
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0079
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Date
1850 – 1880
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
102.03.0126
Description
Japanese chest of dark, varnished wood with many drawers of various sizes, each carved with Japanese symbols painted red. Drawers have small brass ring pulls with small round backing plates. Drawers fit into box-like cubby holes. Fourteen drawers in all. Two sliding lid panels on top, cover compar…
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Title
Medicine Cabinet
Date
1850 – 1880
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
36.0 x 24.0 x 56.0 cm
Description
Japanese chest of dark, varnished wood with many drawers of various sizes, each carved with Japanese symbols painted red. Drawers have small brass ring pulls with small round backing plates. Drawers fit into box-like cubby holes. Fourteen drawers in all. Two sliding lid panels on top, cover compartments beneath. Contents of drawers and compartments see Source Document.
Subject
households
furniture
Japanese
E. S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0126
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.0239
Description
A red and yellow net bag with short braided handle, and yellow and orange tassel at bottom. Thick red and yellow silk ? cord has been knotted into a net pouch with the ends braided to form a handle. Bottom of pouch is gathered with thicker, yellow silk cord tied in ornate knot and attached to tass…
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Title
Evening Purse
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
fibre; metal
Dimensions
1.5 x 3.0 x 46.0 cm
Description
A red and yellow net bag with short braided handle, and yellow and orange tassel at bottom. Thick red and yellow silk ? cord has been knotted into a net pouch with the ends braided to form a handle. Bottom of pouch is gathered with thicker, yellow silk cord tied in ornate knot and attached to tassel. Tassel composed of fine yellow threads of silk dyed bright orange at the ends and flattened around rectangular support at top which is wrapped with gold coloured metallic thread woven through the silk threads to form a rectilinear pattern.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0239
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Date
1830 – 1850
Material
fibre; metal; skin
Catalogue Number
103.08.1102
Description
A small dainty crocheted purse. It is attached to a beautifully made metal clasp with scroll work on each end, "S. M. Potts engraved". The lining is leather, writing "S. M. Potts" and something else illegible.
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Title
Evening Purse
Date
1830 – 1850
Material
fibre; metal; skin
Dimensions
8.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
A small dainty crocheted purse. It is attached to a beautifully made metal clasp with scroll work on each end, "S. M. Potts engraved". The lining is leather, writing "S. M. Potts" and something else illegible.
Subject
households
accessories
needlework
Mary Schaffer
S. M. Potts
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.08.1102
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Date
c. 1910
Material
metal; skin
Catalogue Number
103.08.3014
Description
Chain mail bag with solid metal hinged opening, geometric and floral pattern on metal edge. The bag has a chain handle and is lined with leather. The inside of the metal opening is stamped, under the clasp, with “PATENTED JAN 4, 1910 P&B GERMAN SILVER” (the P, &, and B are enclosed in heart s…
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Title
Evening Purse
Date
c. 1910
Material
metal; skin
Dimensions
12.0 x 9.5 cm
Description
Chain mail bag with solid metal hinged opening, geometric and floral pattern on metal edge. The bag has a chain handle and is lined with leather. The inside of the metal opening is stamped, under the clasp, with “PATENTED JAN 4, 1910 P&B GERMAN SILVER” (the P, &, and B are enclosed in heart shapes).
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.3014
Images
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