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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
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0016
- Description
- A cut work, possibly Irish, cloth table cover with a solid cotton centre. The border is an ornate openwork leaf design. There is a 2 cm stain in the centre, and some deterioration of the border.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 73.0 x 73.0 cm
- Description
- A cut work, possibly Irish, cloth table cover with a solid cotton centre. The border is an ornate openwork leaf design. There is a 2 cm stain in the centre, and some deterioration of the border.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0016
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0017
- Description
- A square table cover with a symmetrical leaf design that radiates from the centre. This piece is entirely done in the cutwork technique, and is possibly Irish in origin.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 57.0 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- A square table cover with a symmetrical leaf design that radiates from the centre. This piece is entirely done in the cutwork technique, and is possibly Irish in origin.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0017
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0022
- Description
- A square, white silk mat with fringed edges (possibly cut from a larger piece). The throw has a floral design in the centre, with a large pink silk thread embroidered flower and green leaves.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- A square, white silk mat with fringed edges (possibly cut from a larger piece). The throw has a floral design in the centre, with a large pink silk thread embroidered flower and green leaves.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0022
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0030
- Description
- One ecru lace tray cloth (ecru refers to the unbleached linen which is beige in colour). The pattern is worked in a combination of filet lace and drawn work-Italian punto tirato technique. The piece is rectangular with a solid centre and a wide border of mesh squares.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- One ecru lace tray cloth (ecru refers to the unbleached linen which is beige in colour). The pattern is worked in a combination of filet lace and drawn work-Italian punto tirato technique. The piece is rectangular with a solid centre and a wide border of mesh squares.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0030
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0034
- Description
- One square linen mat with a pattern done in openwork - Italian punto tangliato. An outside border is worked in punto tirate, and is hemstitched, finishing the outside edge. A square openwork band with circle motif is just inside the punto tirato border with four triangles of openwork, each conta…
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- One square linen mat with a pattern done in openwork - Italian punto tangliato. An outside border is worked in punto tirate, and is hemstitched, finishing the outside edge. A square openwork band with circle motif is just inside the punto tirato border with four triangles of openwork, each containing circles and a four-petalled flower, one triangle at each corner.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0034
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0035
- Description
- A linen table cover that is decorated in the middle, corners, and along the edges with repeated drawn work (Italian punto tirato technique). This repeated design at corners, along edges and in the centre consists of small four-petalled openwork flowers arranged in a square set inside a larger punto…
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 83.0 x 88.0 cm
- Description
- A linen table cover that is decorated in the middle, corners, and along the edges with repeated drawn work (Italian punto tirato technique). This repeated design at corners, along edges and in the centre consists of small four-petalled openwork flowers arranged in a square set inside a larger punto tirato square with the edges crossing through the four corners and extending outward in four directions.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0035
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- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0042
- Description
- A circular open-work linen mat with a floral design. Closely worked filet mesh forms a single flower with leaves inside of an inner circle with a band of connected flowers encircling the centre. The peice is finished with large filet mesh scallops along the outer edge.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1950
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- A circular open-work linen mat with a floral design. Closely worked filet mesh forms a single flower with leaves inside of an inner circle with a band of connected flowers encircling the centre. The peice is finished with large filet mesh scallops along the outer edge.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0042
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0043
- Description
- A square lace cloth, composed of four large squares bearing representations of an Italian lady, a gentleman, a boy and a dog, and a rooster. Nine squares at the corners of the larger designs have representations of different types of birds. All of these designs are worked in filet lace and connec…
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 63.0 x 65.0 cm
- Description
- A square lace cloth, composed of four large squares bearing representations of an Italian lady, a gentleman, a boy and a dog, and a rooster. Nine squares at the corners of the larger designs have representations of different types of birds. All of these designs are worked in filet lace and connected with fine cotton decorated with embroidery and drawn-work (Italian punto tirato). The entire cloth is bordered with filet lace bearing representations of a flower, a bird, and a dog in a repeating pattern.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0043
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0047
- Description
- Circular centrepiece mat with shaped border of large scallops finished with an embroidered scalloped edge.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 67.0 x 67.0 cm
- Description
- Circular centrepiece mat with shaped border of large scallops finished with an embroidered scalloped edge.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0047
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0052
- Description
- An oval filet lace mat with a stylized flower and leaf design around the edge and through the centre. This piece has a slightly scalloped border with slight damage along the edge.
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- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 60.0 cm
- Description
- An oval filet lace mat with a stylized flower and leaf design around the edge and through the centre. This piece has a slightly scalloped border with slight damage along the edge.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0052
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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
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0016
- Description
- A large, rectangular, white damask tablecloth.
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- Title
- Tablecloth
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 228.0 x 308.0 cm
- Description
- A large, rectangular, white damask tablecloth.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0016
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0017
- Description
- A large, square, white damask tablecloth with a wide hem.
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- Title
- Tablecloth
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 224.0 x 226.0 cm
- Description
- A large, square, white damask tablecloth with a wide hem.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0017
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- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0710
- Description
- Square, white linen cloth with double eyelet hemmed edge. Flower and butterfly embroidery decoration in each of four corners. Each decoration identical but colours used vary.
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- Title
- Tablecloth
- Date
- 1890 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 86.0 x 86.0 cm
- Description
- Square, white linen cloth with double eyelet hemmed edge. Flower and butterfly embroidery decoration in each of four corners. Each decoration identical but colours used vary.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- craft
- embroidery
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0710
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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0751
- Description
- A square wool tablecloth elaborately embroidered with a paisley pattern predominant. The embroidery is machine done and forms a border along the edges about 25.5 cm wide, embroidery colours are blue, white, gold, green and purple. A fringe is sewn on to two sides (approx 6 cm.). The cloth shows si…
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- Title
- Tablecloth
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 173.5 x 173.5 cm
- Description
- A square wool tablecloth elaborately embroidered with a paisley pattern predominant. The embroidery is machine done and forms a border along the edges about 25.5 cm wide, embroidery colours are blue, white, gold, green and purple. A fringe is sewn on to two sides (approx 6 cm.). The cloth shows signs of wear, fraying on one corner, moth holes (?) of varying sizes throughout.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0751
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