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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0011
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood, ash
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0011
- Description
- A Windsor chair made from Canadian ash with an oval seat. The back support of this chair are vertical spindles attached to the seat, arm rests, and top rail. The arm rests contine as one piece as an additional support of the spindles.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood, ash
- Dimensions
- 88.0 x 59.0 x 65.0 cm
- Description
- A Windsor chair made from Canadian ash with an oval seat. The back support of this chair are vertical spindles attached to the seat, arm rests, and top rail. The arm rests contine as one piece as an additional support of the spindles.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0011
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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0015
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood, mahogany; paint; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0015
- Description
- A mahogany occasional chair with a woven rush seat. The back of the chair is gilt decorated mahogany with a back splat that is hand carved and painted.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood, mahogany; paint; fibre
- Dimensions
- 82.5 x 54.0 x 50.0 cm
- Description
- A mahogany occasional chair with a woven rush seat. The back of the chair is gilt decorated mahogany with a back splat that is hand carved and painted.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- crafts
- carving
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0015
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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0020
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood, mahogany; fibre, flax; hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0020
- Description
- An occasional ladder-back armchair that is upholstered in blue wool, and covered with a floral linen slipcover.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood, mahogany; fibre, flax; hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 86.0 x 55.0 x 55.0 cm
- Description
- An occasional ladder-back armchair that is upholstered in blue wool, and covered with a floral linen slipcover.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0020
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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0025
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood, mahogany; fibre, silk
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0025
- Description
- An enclosed armchair with mahogany trim and cabriole legs. The chair is upholstered in gold-coloured silk.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood, mahogany; fibre, silk
- Dimensions
- 98.5 x 71.0 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- An enclosed armchair with mahogany trim and cabriole legs. The chair is upholstered in gold-coloured silk.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0025
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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0027
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood, mahogany; hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0027
- Description
- A mahogany ladder-back armchair. One of the rails is turned / hand-carved. The seat is finished with blue wool flannel upholstery and covered with a floral slipcover.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood, mahogany; hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 82.0 x 57.0 x 53.5 cm
- Description
- A mahogany ladder-back armchair. One of the rails is turned / hand-carved. The seat is finished with blue wool flannel upholstery and covered with a floral slipcover.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0027
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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0033
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0033
- Description
- A high backed ladder-back armchair of simple design. There are five horizontal slats in the backrest. The seat is constructed of four sections joined together with tongue-and-groove joints.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 107.0 x 50.0 x 64.5 cm
- Description
- A high backed ladder-back armchair of simple design. There are five horizontal slats in the backrest. The seat is constructed of four sections joined together with tongue-and-groove joints.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0033
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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0041
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0041
- Description
- Armless padded chair with separate back. The peach coloured upholstery has a diamond zig-zag pattern. The chair has four squared wooden legs and two square wooden back supports that attach the back to the seat.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 72.0 x 64.0 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- Armless padded chair with separate back. The peach coloured upholstery has a diamond zig-zag pattern. The chair has four squared wooden legs and two square wooden back supports that attach the back to the seat.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0041
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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0088%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0088 a,b
- Description
- Armchair, circular seated, with a semicircular arm and back rest arced between the four legs. Bamboo legs and frame covered with woven bamboo, blonde varnished bamboo is interwoven with black bamboo for pattern.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 66.0 x 56.0 x 62.5 cm
- Description
- Armchair, circular seated, with a semicircular arm and back rest arced between the four legs. Bamboo legs and frame covered with woven bamboo, blonde varnished bamboo is interwoven with black bamboo for pattern.
- Subject
- households, furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0088 a,b
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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0089
- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0089
- Description
- Harp back chair, distinguished by its arced back and fan-like harp strut. Seat made of twisted fibre latticed together in four meshed triangles and painted. Front legs have been shortened.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1840 – 1875
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 99.5 x 48.0 x 56.0 cm
- Description
- Harp back chair, distinguished by its arced back and fan-like harp strut. Seat made of twisted fibre latticed together in four meshed triangles and painted. Front legs have been shortened.
- Subject
- households, furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0089
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Occasional Chair
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0090
- Date
- 1800 – 1840
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0090
- Description
- Armchair with very low arms which bow out slightly in the seat area. Lathe turned legs in ball and cylinder form. Back is laddered with two intermediate rungs and two sets of five spindles inset between rungs. Seat is twisted fibre.
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- Title
- Occasional Chair
- Date
- 1800 – 1840
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 94.5 x 40.8 x 47.3 cm
- Description
- Armchair with very low arms which bow out slightly in the seat area. Lathe turned legs in ball and cylinder form. Back is laddered with two intermediate rungs and two sets of five spindles inset between rungs. Seat is twisted fibre.
- Subject
- households, furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0090
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- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1038
- Description
- Black rectangular piece of talc with “BANFF” carved into the top surface, “W.N. CAIN” carved in to one side and “1921” carved into the other side.
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- stone
- Description
- Black rectangular piece of talc with “BANFF” carved into the top surface, “W.N. CAIN” carved in to one side and “1921” carved into the other side.
- Subject
- households
- W.N. Cain
- Banff
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.1038
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0080
- Description
- A glass paperweight in a cube shape with a domed top.
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 4.0 cm
- Description
- A glass paperweight in a cube shape with a domed top.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- desk accessories
- decor
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0080
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- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0012
- Description
- Globular solid clear glass paperweight with 'flowers' of yellow, white and red floating in the centre and seen magnified through the paperweight (millefiori technique).
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1890 – 1920
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 4.0 cm
- Description
- Globular solid clear glass paperweight with 'flowers' of yellow, white and red floating in the centre and seen magnified through the paperweight (millefiori technique).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0012
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; paper; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0013
- Description
- A very flat rectangular solid glass clear paperweight with slightly curved faces. A black and white photograph of churches, which is attached with a leather backing to the bottom of the weight, can be seen through the thickness of the glass. The photo is marked “Churches, Hanover & Union St. Manch…
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; paper; skin
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 6.2 x 10.5 cm
- Description
- A very flat rectangular solid glass clear paperweight with slightly curved faces. A black and white photograph of churches, which is attached with a leather backing to the bottom of the weight, can be seen through the thickness of the glass. The photo is marked “Churches, Hanover & Union St. Manchester, N.H.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0013
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0014
- Description
- Round, faceted, solid clear glass weight with uniform small bubbles inside. There is a cup-shaped 'flower' of blue, pink, yellow and white stripes near the top inside the glass.
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 8.0 cm
- Description
- Round, faceted, solid clear glass weight with uniform small bubbles inside. There is a cup-shaped 'flower' of blue, pink, yellow and white stripes near the top inside the glass.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0014
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0015
- Description
- Bell-shaped solid glass paperweight with triangular base. The paperweight is clear glass with a spiral of different colours inside.
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 12.5 cm
- Description
- Bell-shaped solid glass paperweight with triangular base. The paperweight is clear glass with a spiral of different colours inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0015
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0016
- Description
- A round, solid clear glass paperweight that is segmented like an orange with tiny bubbles uniformly spaced throughout. The paperweight has a green core.
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 6.0 cm
- Description
- A round, solid clear glass paperweight that is segmented like an orange with tiny bubbles uniformly spaced throughout. The paperweight has a green core.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0016
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- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0033
- Description
- A small, round, domed, clear glass paperweight. Under the thick glass is a picture of a robin standing on a holly branch with a ribbon banner around reading "A Happy New Year to all." in Gothic lettering brown paper backing covers base of weight, with remnants of paper sticker which has been remove…
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.4 x 6.4 cm
- Description
- A small, round, domed, clear glass paperweight. Under the thick glass is a picture of a robin standing on a holly branch with a ribbon banner around reading "A Happy New Year to all." in Gothic lettering brown paper backing covers base of weight, with remnants of paper sticker which has been removed.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0033
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- Date
- 1945 – 1950
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0034
- Description
- Tall domed, hand blown paperweight of tinted green glass, very rough on bottom with smooth depression at centre where broken from punty rod. Inside glass is flowerpot with two large five petalled blossoms, one above the other, formed in a crude, but delicate, manner from a myriad of tiny bubbles. S…
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1945 – 1950
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 9.5 cm
- Description
- Tall domed, hand blown paperweight of tinted green glass, very rough on bottom with smooth depression at centre where broken from punty rod. Inside glass is flowerpot with two large five petalled blossoms, one above the other, formed in a crude, but delicate, manner from a myriad of tiny bubbles. Seems to have been blown in three stages, the first containing the pot and lower blossom, the second including the upper blossom and encompassing the first, the third forming the outer globe enclosing the whole.
- Subject
- households
- office
- hobbies
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0034
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- Date
- 1960 – 1967
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0035
- Description
- A domed heavy clear glass paperweight, handblown and cut off smoothly at base. Contains single, rather large, front petalled blue glass blossom in middle, and yellow, orange, white flecked three dimensional scallop pattern with a single bubble in each indentation, around the bottom.Marks: black and…
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- Title
- Paperweight
- Date
- 1960 – 1967
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 5.6 cm
- Description
- A domed heavy clear glass paperweight, handblown and cut off smoothly at base. Contains single, rather large, front petalled blue glass blossom in middle, and yellow, orange, white flecked three dimensional scallop pattern with a single bubble in each indentation, around the bottom.Marks: black and gold diamond shaped sticker on base, “Hand made by Altaglass, Medicine Hat, Alta.”
- Subject
- households
- office
- hobbies
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0035
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