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- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- wood; skin; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0004
- Description
- A rectangular wooden box, lined with green satin and velvet, fitted inside a sturdy wickerwork basket. There is a hinged leather covered padded lid with a leather flap and a metal clasp which fastens into a plate on the front of the basket. The lid has elastic strap loops to organize contents, an…
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- Title
- Sewing Basket
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Material
- wood; skin; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 25.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular wooden box, lined with green satin and velvet, fitted inside a sturdy wickerwork basket. There is a hinged leather covered padded lid with a leather flap and a metal clasp which fastens into a plate on the front of the basket. The lid has elastic strap loops to organize contents, and a small elasticised open pocket of green satin at each of front corner of the box. The box contains sewing kit 104.45.0008 and 104.45.0009 which includes various sewing tools, needles, thread, small pieces of fabric, measuring tapes, buttons (some with ornate designs), paper patterns, sequins, a small plastic magnifying glass, a thimble, a length of ribbon embroidered with “P.M” in script, a pocket knife with mother of pearl handle (103.08.0209b) and two cowhide and leather luggage tags which read “Pearl B. Moore Banff Canada”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0004
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0012 a,b
- Description
- A sewing basket or bag hand sewn from yellow print cotton. (a) the bag is print of floral bouquets on the outside, plain yellow cotton inside, a disc of card provides a bottom for the basket, and in the middle of it is an attached pin cushion corded to the card. Inside the bag are pockets which la…
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- Title
- Sewing Basket
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 6.2 cm
- Description
- A sewing basket or bag hand sewn from yellow print cotton. (a) the bag is print of floral bouquets on the outside, plain yellow cotton inside, a disc of card provides a bottom for the basket, and in the middle of it is an attached pin cushion corded to the card. Inside the bag are pockets which lap from the walls of the bag into which tape, buttons, etc., could be placed. Double draw strings can gather the bag to close it. (b) is a needle book of card covered with the same yellow floral print cotton and lined with plain yellow cotton, a cord holding in a piece of flannel into which needles can be placed. Never used, but there are a few pins in the built in pincushion, and a length of white satin ribbon in one of the pockets.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- sewing
- Edith Morse Robb
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0012 a,b
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0028 a,b
- Description
- Contained in dark blue, plain cardboard box printed in white at centre of lid, "Merrimade, Lawrence, Mass", two pillow shaped pincushions with note, "Aunt Folly Clarks pin cushions". (a) square, pink, cushion, trimmed around edge with red, embroidered feather stitching. Fabric has brocade like, w…
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- Title
- Pincushion
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Dimensions
- 4.7 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- Contained in dark blue, plain cardboard box printed in white at centre of lid, "Merrimade, Lawrence, Mass", two pillow shaped pincushions with note, "Aunt Folly Clarks pin cushions". (a) square, pink, cushion, trimmed around edge with red, embroidered feather stitching. Fabric has brocade like, woven in curlicue pattern, note attached with red elastic band. "Edith bought this in Japan". (b) rectangular, blue satin with red, embroidered featherstitching around edge. Wide bank of blue leaflike pattern on pink background runs around cushion, with red and white narrow stripes each side bordered by black. Note attached with two straight pins, "My Grandmother Becket's bonnet strings, Polly" Note: .6 x .2 cm dark stain on one side.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- sewing
- Edith Morse Robb
- Polly
- Becket
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0028 a,b
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- grass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0031
- Description
- A short, cylindrical, natural coloured basket with raffia flowers. Woven of coils of straw, stitched together with spiralling radial stitches. Large red, brown and blue raffia flowers decorate the sides of the basket and top of the lid with raffia stitching, "Eagle Nest, Bermuda" on l…
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- Title
- Sewing Basket
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- grass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- A short, cylindrical, natural coloured basket with raffia flowers. Woven of coils of straw, stitched together with spiralling radial stitches. Large red, brown and blue raffia flowers decorate the sides of the basket and top of the lid with raffia stitching, "Eagle Nest, Bermuda" on lid. Lined with white muslin which also covers false bottom. A series of muslin pockets run around entire circumference inside. Basket holds many spools of thread as well as various other sewing sundries (folding scissors, thimbles, pincushion).
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.0031
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre, hemp; wicker; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1023
- Description
- Footed basket with shelf. Wooden legs wound with hemp has a shelf near the floor with lidded basket at table level. Hemp is woven and wound into shape. Wicker is laced as decoration. Metal closure.
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- Title
- Sewing Basket
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- fibre, hemp; wicker; metal
- Description
- Footed basket with shelf. Wooden legs wound with hemp has a shelf near the floor with lidded basket at table level. Hemp is woven and wound into shape. Wicker is laced as decoration. Metal closure.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- hobbies
- Credit
- Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1023
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