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Wedding Ensemble
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- Date
- 1790
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1114 a-e
- Description
- (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendri…
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- Title
- Wedding Ensemble
- Date
- 1790
- Material
- fibre
- Description
- (a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendrils. Black hooks and eyes for closure at back. (b) Very fine square veil. All edges embroidered. (c) Embroidered belt. (d,e) very small satin shoes with long thin fabric laces. Sole is fine leather.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.1114 a-e
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- Date
- 1792
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0003
- Description
- A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse …
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- Title
- Bill-Of-Sale
- Date
- 1792
- Material
- paper; wood; glass
- Dimensions
- 16.0; 25.2 (frame) x 20.0; 30.3 (frame) cm
- Description
- A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse and Thomas Buckminster. The bill is framed in a wide plain mahogany veneer frame with mitred corners.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0003
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- Date
- 1792
- Material
- wood; grass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0091
- Description
- Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on …
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- Title
- Blanket Chest
- Date
- 1792
- Material
- wood; grass; metal
- Dimensions
- 48.3 x 48.5 x 124.3 cm
- Description
- Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on inside of lid.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0091
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- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…
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- Title
- Sampler
- Date
- 1796 – 1796
- Material
- fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
- Dimensions
- 15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm
- Description
- A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0009
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Embroidery Sampler
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- Date
- 1799
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1007 a-c
- Description
- Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket f…
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- Title
- Embroidery Sampler
- Date
- 1799
- Material
- fibre; wood
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket fence, two trees and to the right a two storey brown house. Below that is six lines of writing beginning "One Weeks Extremity May Teach Us ....." "Susan Lehman her work done In the ninth year Of Her Age (__ ?) 1799" * Someone numbered the labels as (a) and (b) and the sampler as (c). It is too fragile to change
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1007 a-c
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- Date
- 1980
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1124 a,b
- Description
- Two clear glass mugs, one large (14.0 cm high, 11.5 cm in diameter) and one small (7.0 cm high, 7.0 cm in diameter). “Banff Winter Festival” and logo in white on back and front of each mug.
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- Title
- Mug
- Date
- 1980
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 14.0 cm
- Description
- Two clear glass mugs, one large (14.0 cm high, 11.5 cm in diameter) and one small (7.0 cm high, 7.0 cm in diameter). “Banff Winter Festival” and logo in white on back and front of each mug.
- Credit
- Gift of Banff-Lake Louise Chamber of Commerce, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1124 a,b
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- Date
- 1980 – 1980
- Material
- wood; skin; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1128
- Description
- Hollow wooden cylinder with beaded leather caps at both ends and beaded leather strap. Beads are red, white, blue, green and orange.
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- Title
- Carrying Case
- Date
- 1980 – 1980
- Material
- wood; skin; glass
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Hollow wooden cylinder with beaded leather caps at both ends and beaded leather strap. Beads are red, white, blue, green and orange.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1128
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Ski Touring Boots
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- Date
- 1980
- Material
- skin; fabric; metal; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1120 a,b
- Description
- A pair of black leather touring boots (a=right, b=left), over ankle, Vibram-soled, grooved at the heel for a cable, five metal lace D-rings and two metal lace hooks at the top, sporting black laces. The tongue is leather-lined as well as the top of the boot, the insides have a soft fabric lining o…
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- Title
- Ski Touring Boots
- Date
- 1980
- Material
- skin; fabric; metal; rubber
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 11.0 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of black leather touring boots (a=right, b=left), over ankle, Vibram-soled, grooved at the heel for a cable, five metal lace D-rings and two metal lace hooks at the top, sporting black laces. The tongue is leather-lined as well as the top of the boot, the insides have a soft fabric lining over foam, blue fabric insoles, “MERRELL” on the top of the outside of the tongue, inside the the boot and the outside ankles “Men” underneath “MADE IN ITALY” and on the inside “101/2 687 M”. The soles are rubber; under the instep a cut-out section, painted yellow and imprinted with “vibram”; on top of this viewer’s left a “C” encircled, viewer’s right “R” encircled.
- Credit
- Gift of Bridget Jones, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1120 a,b
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Cross-Country Ski Boots
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.03.1121%20a%2cb
- Date
- 1980
- Material
- skin; fabric; metal; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1121 a,b
- Description
- A pair of unlined black leather (a=right, b=left), over-ankle, well-worn, cross-country ski boots, with leather soles, a leather heel reinforced by rubber nailed onto the heel, seven grommeted eyelets with black laces and a leather loop pull-off above the heel on the back.
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- Title
- Cross-Country Ski Boots
- Date
- 1980
- Material
- skin; fabric; metal; rubber
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 9.8 cm
- Description
- A pair of unlined black leather (a=right, b=left), over-ankle, well-worn, cross-country ski boots, with leather soles, a leather heel reinforced by rubber nailed onto the heel, seven grommeted eyelets with black laces and a leather loop pull-off above the heel on the back.
- Credit
- Gift of Bridget Jones, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1121 a,b
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- Date
- 1980
- Material
- skin; rubber; foam; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1123 a-c
- Description
- (a,b) a pair of black leather ski touring boots and a metal carrier; the boots have metal hooks for lace-up with brown leather laces; boots are over ankle, are thick soled, layered leather sole 3.30cm at heel, grooved at heel for cable, with layered sole sewn on and rubber sole glued on, heel naile…
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- Title
- Ski Boots
- Date
- 1980
- Material
- skin; rubber; foam; metal
- Description
- (a,b) a pair of black leather ski touring boots and a metal carrier; the boots have metal hooks for lace-up with brown leather laces; boots are over ankle, are thick soled, layered leather sole 3.30cm at heel, grooved at heel for cable, with layered sole sewn on and rubber sole glued on, heel nailed on; unlined boot with a grey leather-lined inside liner with light blue faux leather (3.0cm) sewn on the top edge, foam underneath, and unlined tongue; there is also a narrow piece of blue leather at the top edge of the boots. There is a screwed-on metal toe plate and heel plate. On the inside edge of the layered sole 7.0cm from the heel a number “10” is carved. Inside the liner, right ankles stamped “MED” in red ink and on the left ankle a mountain (could be the logo), “ZIRI” “MADE IN YUGOSLAVIA” all stamped in red ink; it was also on the the left boot but is mostly worn off and is indiscernible.(c)The metal carrier is 40.0cm high and 16.0 wide with handle extended. The boots fit within two clamps and there is a handle for carrying. Engraved on both sides under the handle “TYROL” “BOOT PRESS”, “PAT PEND.”, “MADE IN CANADA”.
- Credit
- Gift of Bridget Jones, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.1123 a-c
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