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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0029
- Description
- Handmade braided throw rug made from a variety of fabrics in blues, grey, brown and yellow, braids are stitched together by hand in yellow thread.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 59.5 x 110.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade braided throw rug made from a variety of fabrics in blues, grey, brown and yellow, braids are stitched together by hand in yellow thread.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0029
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood ; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0001 a,b
- Description
- Two chairs of Chippendale design with seats covered in black leather. Chair 102.03.0001A is split at top right front along with some scuffing. Chair 102.03.0001B has some scuffs and scratches.
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- Title
- Dining Chair
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood ; skin
- Dimensions
- 97.3 x 49.0 x 54.0 cm
- Description
- Two chairs of Chippendale design with seats covered in black leather. Chair 102.03.0001A is split at top right front along with some scuffing. Chair 102.03.0001B has some scuffs and scratches.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0001 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; glass; paint
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0002 a,b
- Description
- Twin circular mirrors, each framed by an acorn and leaf decoration with additional leaf decoration extending from two opposite edges of the frame. The mirror frames are finished in gold coloured paint. Mirror 102.03.0002A is fastened with metal clamps, and the frame is cracked. Mirror 102.03.00…
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- Title
- Wall Mirror
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; glass; paint
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 6.5 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Twin circular mirrors, each framed by an acorn and leaf decoration with additional leaf decoration extending from two opposite edges of the frame. The mirror frames are finished in gold coloured paint. Mirror 102.03.0002A is fastened with metal clamps, and the frame is cracked. Mirror 102.03.0002B is being held in place with masking tape.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0002 a,b
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0003
- Description
- A serving table with cabriole legs and a lower shelf. Directly beneath the table top is a scalloped frieze. This table may be made of mahogany. It is cracked on three of four corners of the lower shelf. There are minor stains and scratches on top. The table is stamped underneath the table top …
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- Title
- Serving Table
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 75.2 x 61.3 x 81.2 cm
- Description
- A serving table with cabriole legs and a lower shelf. Directly beneath the table top is a scalloped frieze. This table may be made of mahogany. It is cracked on three of four corners of the lower shelf. There are minor stains and scratches on top. The table is stamped underneath the table top “E.J. Company 950”.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0003
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; paint; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0008 a,b
- Description
- Two circular, convex wall mirrors bordered by a wide painted gold band with nine painted gold balls
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- Title
- Wall Mirror
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; paint; glass
- Description
- Two circular, convex wall mirrors bordered by a wide painted gold band with nine painted gold balls
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0008 a,b
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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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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; wood (plaster?)
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0012
- Description
- An oval wall mirror with a frame of gilded wood or gesso surmounted with garlands of flowers. The design is most prominent at the top and bottom edges of the frame. A sticker on the reverse reads “framed in Brookline, Mass.”
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- Title
- Wall Mirror
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- glass; wood (plaster?)
- Dimensions
- 65.5 x 7.0 x 43.5 cm
- Description
- An oval wall mirror with a frame of gilded wood or gesso surmounted with garlands of flowers. The design is most prominent at the top and bottom edges of the frame. A sticker on the reverse reads “framed in Brookline, Mass.”
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0012
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0016
- Description
- A wooden chest, made of either mahogany or koa wood, that has two parts. The top section has four drawers, and the bottom section has one drawer. The chest is mounted on four turned legs joined by cross stretchers.
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- Title
- Drawers Chest
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 128.0 x 54.0 x 107.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden chest, made of either mahogany or koa wood, that has two parts. The top section has four drawers, and the bottom section has one drawer. The chest is mounted on four turned legs joined by cross stretchers.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0016
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Tilt-Top Table
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0019
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood, maple; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0019
- Description
- A pedestal table with a top that tilts to the side for storage. The table top is made of two pieces, and is square with slightly scalloped edges. The table top rests on a turned pedestal with three curved feet. There is a brass pull latch under table top that releases the table top to tilt.
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- Title
- Tilt-Top Table
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood, maple; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 70.0 x 42.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- A pedestal table with a top that tilts to the side for storage. The table top is made of two pieces, and is square with slightly scalloped edges. The table top rests on a turned pedestal with three curved feet. There is a brass pull latch under table top that releases the table top to tilt.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0019
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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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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0047
- Description
- Square ottoman with wooden legs. The ottoman is covered with a slipcover of Central American design (Guatemalan) using red blue overshot on white linen, and the cushion portion is edged in blue piping.
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- Title
- Ottoman
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 62.0 x 62.0 cm
- Description
- Square ottoman with wooden legs. The ottoman is covered with a slipcover of Central American design (Guatemalan) using red blue overshot on white linen, and the cushion portion is edged in blue piping.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0047
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood, mahogany; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0051
- Description
- Nine drawer (three small, six larger) highboy with brass drawer pulls and locks on seven drawers. The front vertical corners resemble pillars, and the top of chest (cornice) overhangs slightly. There is a key in one drawer.
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- Title
- Drawers Chest
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- wood, mahogany; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 179.0 x 58.0 x 107.0 cm
- Description
- Nine drawer (three small, six larger) highboy with brass drawer pulls and locks on seven drawers. The front vertical corners resemble pillars, and the top of chest (cornice) overhangs slightly. There is a key in one drawer.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0051
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; fibre, cotton;
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0052
- Description
- Semi-wing backed chair that is completely upholstered, and has wooden legs. The original upholstery is brown with an orange-coloured diamond design. The chair has been covered with a white cotton slipcover that has green fringe and is attached in back with hooks and eyes.
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- Title
- Wing Chair
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; fibre, cotton;
- Dimensions
- 78.0 x 70.0 x 63.0 cm
- Description
- Semi-wing backed chair that is completely upholstered, and has wooden legs. The original upholstery is brown with an orange-coloured diamond design. The chair has been covered with a white cotton slipcover that has green fringe and is attached in back with hooks and eyes.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0052
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0065
- Description
- Dark mahogany (?) bric-a-brac shelves with four graduated tiers of shaped shelves with four spool-like turned supports between each shelf and passing through the shelves as knob finials. Shelves are notched to fit around two narrow straight flat boards along back of shelves with trefoil shapes at t…
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- Title
- Étagère
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 78.0 x 16.6 x 65.4 cm
- Description
- Dark mahogany (?) bric-a-brac shelves with four graduated tiers of shaped shelves with four spool-like turned supports between each shelf and passing through the shelves as knob finials. Shelves are notched to fit around two narrow straight flat boards along back of shelves with trefoil shapes at top and cutout keyhole shapes just below top shelf for hanging
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0065
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Folding Screen
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0069
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0069
- Description
- A large, folding, four-paneled screen with painted lake scene one side, patterned gauze material the other. Scene, painted on canvas with water based pigments, covers entire screen from side to side and top to bottom, tranquil lake with small sailboats and thatch-covered hut in the background, thre…
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- Title
- Folding Screen
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 168.0 cm
- Description
- A large, folding, four-paneled screen with painted lake scene one side, patterned gauze material the other. Scene, painted on canvas with water based pigments, covers entire screen from side to side and top to bottom, tranquil lake with small sailboats and thatch-covered hut in the background, three white herons and water lilies in the foreground beside a tall stand of white orchid-like flowers and spikey leaves filling the whole right panel and half of the next panel. Back is covered with green gauze material printed with a stippled white background around silhouettes of large flowers, traces of faded red define some of the petals within the flowers. Screen is hinged by means of the canvas and backing fabric continuing from one panel to the next, and folds in accordion fashion. Screen framed along sides and bottom and top with wood which has been finished with reddish paint and graining technique, outer corners trimmed and protected with short strips of thin, embossed sheet metal, with flower blossom shaped tacks evenly spaced along the edge. Left side has additional strip in the middle. Each screen panel has wooden skeleton frame beneath fabric consisting of a single upright with cross braces down its length. Back of skeleton frame beneath gauze covered with black paper, beneath canvas with brown paper.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0069
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- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; hair, sheep; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0073
- Description
- A small oval footstool, floral needlepoint design including rose at centre and morning glories at extremes, and various other pale yellow flowers in bunches and perhaps lavender morning glories. Legs are lathe turned and incised and set into sectioned plank base with glue.
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- Title
- Footstool
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- wood; hair, sheep; fibre
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 21.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A small oval footstool, floral needlepoint design including rose at centre and morning glories at extremes, and various other pale yellow flowers in bunches and perhaps lavender morning glories. Legs are lathe turned and incised and set into sectioned plank base with glue.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0073
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- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0074
- Description
- An "old oak" rectangular bench which can double as an end table, four square post legs which are strutted about 10 cm. above the leg end, side panels beneath platform are mortised into tenons in legs. The side panels are simply carved with lenticular pattern of semi-circles. Label on bottom of top …
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- Title
- Stool
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 27.8 x 50.8 cm
- Description
- An "old oak" rectangular bench which can double as an end table, four square post legs which are strutted about 10 cm. above the leg end, side panels beneath platform are mortised into tenons in legs. The side panels are simply carved with lenticular pattern of semi-circles. Label on bottom of top says "Atwater Inc." and "Old Oak" and "$27.00".
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0074
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