Narrow Results By
- Toyohara Kunichika 6
- Unknown 5
- Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American) 4
- Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese) 4
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 2
- Alpine Club of Canada 1
- Brett, Helen 1
- Brett, Louise 1
- Brett, Reginald H. (Harry) 1
- Brett, Robert G. 1
- Brett, Robert George 1
- Collie, J. Norman 1
- 1930s 10069
- 1920s 9922
- 1940s 9294
- 1910s 6279
- 1900s 5241
- 1950s 3297
- 1960s 1681
- 1970s 891
- 1890s 838
- 1980s 648
- 1880s 547
- 1870s
- 2000s 270
- 1990s 238
- 1850s 133
- 2010s 127
- 1800s 88
- 1860s 56
- 1820s
- 1830s 26
- 1810s 25
- 1840s 15
- 2020s 14
- 1750s 11
- 1790s 10
- 1780s 9
- 1700s 5
- 1600s 2
- 1770s 2
- 1080s 1
- 1300s 1
- 1500s 1
- 1530s 1
- 1550s 1
- 1620s 1
- 1690s 1
- 1720s 1
- 1760s 1
Dressing Table
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0053
- Date
- 1875 – 1910
- Material
- wood, mahogany; glass; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0053
- Description
- Mahogany dressing table with carved bow front. There are three drawers, two deep side drawers each with a single brass pull, and a shallow centre drawer with two brass pulls. The scallop-shaped mirror swings on brass rings. The table is supported by four legs, two cabriole legs in front, and tw…
1 image
- Title
- Dressing Table
- Date
- 1875 – 1910
- Material
- wood, mahogany; glass; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 159.0 x 51.5 x 88.0 cm
- Description
- Mahogany dressing table with carved bow front. There are three drawers, two deep side drawers each with a single brass pull, and a shallow centre drawer with two brass pulls. The scallop-shaped mirror swings on brass rings. The table is supported by four legs, two cabriole legs in front, and two squared plain legs in back. There is carving at top of mirror frame, bottom of centre drawer, and where mirror supports join to table top.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0053
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1875 – 1910
- Material
- wood; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0054
- Description
- Square, tilt-top table on swivel pedestal base, with curved tripod legs. The wood of top and legs is inlaid. The table top can be turned three hundred and sixty degrees. There is a square birdcage under and supporting the table top.
1 image
- Title
- Candlestand
- Date
- 1875 – 1910
- Material
- wood; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 69.0 x 44.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- Square, tilt-top table on swivel pedestal base, with curved tripod legs. The wood of top and legs is inlaid. The table top can be turned three hundred and sixty degrees. There is a square birdcage under and supporting the table top.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0054
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1870 – 1880
- Material
- wood, oak
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0056
- Description
- Plain wooden cradle, higher at head than at foot, with two crescent shaped rockers.
1 image
- Title
- Cradle
- Date
- 1870 – 1880
- Material
- wood, oak
- Dimensions
- 45.6 x 41.5 x 104.0 cm
- Description
- Plain wooden cradle, higher at head than at foot, with two crescent shaped rockers.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0056
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1875 – 1915
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0072
- Description
- Double dropleaf table, two drawers each with two pulls in lazy-d fashion. Legs are lathe turned and shaped in oblate spheroids between cylinders.
1 image
- Title
- Side Table
- Date
- 1875 – 1915
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 68.0 x 47.7 x 48.5 cm
- Description
- Double dropleaf table, two drawers each with two pulls in lazy-d fashion. Legs are lathe turned and shaped in oblate spheroids between cylinders.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0072
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1870 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0097
- Description
- Totally bamboo, almost square-topped stool with four bamboo corner legs. Double bamboo frame near base and triple bamboo frame at top are cut out to shape and stretch around corner legs. Each stalk which stretches as above is a single bamboo stalk having two ends which are pegged together. Pegging …
1 image
- Title
- Stool
- Date
- 1870 – 1940
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 50.2 x 31.8 x 32.3 cm
- Description
- Totally bamboo, almost square-topped stool with four bamboo corner legs. Double bamboo frame near base and triple bamboo frame at top are cut out to shape and stretch around corner legs. Each stalk which stretches as above is a single bamboo stalk having two ends which are pegged together. Pegging through legs supports stretch frame. Vertical pegs through top three frames extend into holes drilled in seat top, which is a varnished, darker bamboo. Seat top secured with pegs and glue but glue and bamboo have dried with climate and one of four seat top edges is loose.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0097
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0113 a,b
- Description
- Two handmade fan backed Windsor chairs without arms, made from at least 3 different kinds of wood. Uprights curve gently outwards, backs (47.0 cm high) contain seven narrow turned spindles and are made of oak. Bulbous turned legs are linked by single cross stretchers, legs fit through holes bored…
1 image
- Title
- Kitchen Chair
- Date
- 1875 – 1920
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 88.0 x 52.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- Two handmade fan backed Windsor chairs without arms, made from at least 3 different kinds of wood. Uprights curve gently outwards, backs (47.0 cm high) contain seven narrow turned spindles and are made of oak. Bulbous turned legs are linked by single cross stretchers, legs fit through holes bored through seat and sanded smooth. Seats are shaped so that front and back curve outward and sides curve inwards. Seats are slightly concave in middle, incised lines are carved around seats. Chairs have been painted and stripped at one time, remnants of old paint remain. They have been restained but different woods have taken on different hues. Seats are scarred with age and wear, the back seat of chair (a) appears to have broken off and been repaired at one time. "G. GAW" stamped on bottoms of seats (a) has remnant of sticker containing manufacturer's name and address (b) written on bottom "Musi.."
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0113 a,b
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Chest Of Drawers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.03.0117
- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0117
- Description
- A small chest of lightweight wood with six drawers of various sizes and shapes. Solid wood frame (1.2 cm. thick) constructed to hold three long drawers on left side, butting against two almost square drawers on the right, with a single larger drawers beneath running the length of the chest. Front …
1 image
- Title
- Chest Of Drawers
- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 36.6 x 26.2 x 50.7 cm
- Description
- A small chest of lightweight wood with six drawers of various sizes and shapes. Solid wood frame (1.2 cm. thick) constructed to hold three long drawers on left side, butting against two almost square drawers on the right, with a single larger drawers beneath running the length of the chest. Front of frame reinforced at corners and at joints between drawers with T-shaped pieces of metal of black with copper-brown squiggly design. Scalloped loop handles of same design on all drawers and large round scallop-edged medallions with keyholes at centre top edge of lower drawer and of lower square drawer on right are painted with same design. Sides and top and bottom of frame joined with mortise and tenon and small wooden pegs. Small square pads of wood glued inside to back act as drawer stops, solid wooden back.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0117
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0026
- Description
- One very delicate guipure lace mat. Guipure is a lace in which the patterns are held in place by connecting threads rather than attached to mesh or net ground, as in filet lace. The doily has a quadrifoliate shape of four large scallops with four smaller scallops between each of the large scallop…
1 image
- Title
- Table Throw
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 37.0 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- One very delicate guipure lace mat. Guipure is a lace in which the patterns are held in place by connecting threads rather than attached to mesh or net ground, as in filet lace. The doily has a quadrifoliate shape of four large scallops with four smaller scallops between each of the large scallops. The center of the doily has four star shaped flowers. The outside edge of the doily is also scalloped.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0026
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0027
- Description
- One extremely delicate guipure lace doily. Guipure is a lace in which the patterns are held together by connecting threads rather than attached to mesh or net ground, as in filet lace. A delicate starburst centre is ringed by nine triangles and twelve petal shapes around the border.
1 image
- Title
- Doily
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- One extremely delicate guipure lace doily. Guipure is a lace in which the patterns are held together by connecting threads rather than attached to mesh or net ground, as in filet lace. A delicate starburst centre is ringed by nine triangles and twelve petal shapes around the border.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0027
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0028
- Description
- Three extremely delicate guipure lace doilies. Guipure is a lace in which the patterns are held in place by connecting threads rather than attached to mesh or net ground. 102.04.0028a is slightly different in design from the other two doilies. Each has a petal shape border with a starburst centre.
1 image
- Title
- Doily Set
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- cotton
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- Three extremely delicate guipure lace doilies. Guipure is a lace in which the patterns are held in place by connecting threads rather than attached to mesh or net ground. 102.04.0028a is slightly different in design from the other two doilies. Each has a petal shape border with a starburst centre.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0028
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0029
- Description
- One extremely delicate guipure lace doily. Guipure is a lace in which the patterns are held in place by connecting threads, rather than attached to mesh or net ground, as in filet lace. This doily is elliptical in shape with a petal shapes as a border. The interior design features a central circ…
1 image
- Title
- Doily
- Date
- 1820 – 1850
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- One extremely delicate guipure lace doily. Guipure is a lace in which the patterns are held in place by connecting threads, rather than attached to mesh or net ground, as in filet lace. This doily is elliptical in shape with a petal shapes as a border. The interior design features a central circle with four circles spaced around the edge of the piece.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0029
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1875 – 1940
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0057
- Description
- A brass pot that flares from base to shoulders, and then curves in again, ending in a stand up rim. The pot is pitted inside and bears an illegible stamp on its base.
1 image
- Title
- Cachepot
- Date
- 1875 – 1940
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 14.0 x 14.0 cm
- Description
- A brass pot that flares from base to shoulders, and then curves in again, ending in a stand up rim. The pot is pitted inside and bears an illegible stamp on its base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0057
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1821 – 1821
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0100
- Description
- A handblown glass vase with a plain base flaring to a wide rim. The punty mark is visible on the bottom. The vase is etched on the outside with a floral design around the monogram “WEC 1821”.
1 image
- Title
- Flower Vase
- Date
- 1821 – 1821
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 12.2 x 12.2 cm
- Description
- A handblown glass vase with a plain base flaring to a wide rim. The punty mark is visible on the bottom. The vase is etched on the outside with a floral design around the monogram “WEC 1821”.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0100
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0171
- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0171
- Description
- A flat-based small. brown basket. Base is of alternate narrow and wide laths in a simple tabby weave form, the narrow laths continuing up to form the walls and rim. The walls are woven in finer cane, and the side struts folded over form a braided oval opening.
1 image
- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1870 – 1910
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 2.6 x 6.0 x 8.3 cm
- Description
- A flat-based small. brown basket. Base is of alternate narrow and wide laths in a simple tabby weave form, the narrow laths continuing up to form the walls and rim. The walls are woven in finer cane, and the side struts folded over form a braided oval opening.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0171
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Miniature Table
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0184
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0184
- Description
- Small dark brown rectangular wooden stand shaped like a table with short cabriole legs. Front and back sides of table platform carved through in floral scroll design. Sides of platform cut through in a stretched elliptic shape.
1 image
- Title
- Miniature Table
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.9 x 8.3 cm
- Description
- Small dark brown rectangular wooden stand shaped like a table with short cabriole legs. Front and back sides of table platform carved through in floral scroll design. Sides of platform cut through in a stretched elliptic shape.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- Japanese
- E.S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0184
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1877 – 1883
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0187
- Description
- A small gourd-shaped flower holder of wickerwork with open mouth at top finished with braided rim; small butterfly or moth of coiled wicker with leaf fibre wings and small metal eyes, is attached to side of form by coiled metal spring; small loop handle near mouth; hollow bamboo tube inside.
1 image
- Title
- Basketry Vase
- Date
- 1877 – 1883
- Material
- wood; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 4.5 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- A small gourd-shaped flower holder of wickerwork with open mouth at top finished with braided rim; small butterfly or moth of coiled wicker with leaf fibre wings and small metal eyes, is attached to side of form by coiled metal spring; small loop handle near mouth; hollow bamboo tube inside.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- Japanese
- E.S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0187
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1877 – 1883
- Material
- wood; fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0188
- Description
- A small sac-shaped flower holder of brown wickerwork with open mouth at top finished with braided rim. Three-leaved vine attached to side of mouth is of leaf fibre backed with newspaper on shaped frame with coiled vine stem. Small loop on opposite side of mouth. Bamboo tube for holding water is mis…
1 image
- Title
- Basketry Vase
- Date
- 1877 – 1883
- Material
- wood; fibre; paper
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 5.0 cm
- Description
- A small sac-shaped flower holder of brown wickerwork with open mouth at top finished with braided rim. Three-leaved vine attached to side of mouth is of leaf fibre backed with newspaper on shaped frame with coiled vine stem. Small loop on opposite side of mouth. Bamboo tube for holding water is missing.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0188
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Decorative Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0189
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0189
- Description
- Shallow basket with tall handle, in lattice weave, footed base. Some writing on the base (in Japanese). Dark brown colour.
1 image
- Title
- Decorative Basket
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- Shallow basket with tall handle, in lattice weave, footed base. Some writing on the base (in Japanese). Dark brown colour.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0189
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Decorative Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0190
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0190
- Description
- A circular shallow basketry bowl with lacy, looped sides and a handle attached to the wooden circular disc base.
1 image
- Title
- Decorative Basket
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 7.1 cm
- Description
- A circular shallow basketry bowl with lacy, looped sides and a handle attached to the wooden circular disc base.
- Subject
- households
- miniatures
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0190
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
- Date
- 1870 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0209
- Description
- An elaborately-carved, squat rectangular wooden box on four ball feet with a lockable lid. The four walls of the box have an elaborately carved floral, on the back panel a single dog running is centred, and on the ends a bird each is seen perched in the foliage. The top of the box presents a scene …
1 image
- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1870 – 1920
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 16.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- An elaborately-carved, squat rectangular wooden box on four ball feet with a lockable lid. The four walls of the box have an elaborately carved floral, on the back panel a single dog running is centred, and on the ends a bird each is seen perched in the foliage. The top of the box presents a scene from "the life of the Hindu Gods," five figures one of them dog-faced, in formal pose, and on either side of that group are two fish-tailed men. A 10 cm. crack runs from the front left foot on the box base, and a crack 22 cm. long runs around the corner of the top left of the lid.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0209
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.