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Ice Breakup on the Atlantic

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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1972
Medium
weaving
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.042
Description
Undulating lines of teal blue, grey, and white woven together, with strands of turquoise to simulate the ice breakup in the ocean. No pattern was laid out to do this work.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Ice Breakup on the Atlantic
Date
1972
Medium
weaving
Dimensions
35.2 x 31.7 cm
Description
Undulating lines of teal blue, grey, and white woven together, with strands of turquoise to simulate the ice breakup in the ocean. No pattern was laid out to do this work.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary G. Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.042
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Manners of Weaving Overshot

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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
weaving on paper
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.043
Description
A large sheet of heavy white paper folded in half like a card. There are 14 examples of overshot sample weaving, woven in several shades of blue, green, beige, and white fibre, behind black paper frames. The weaving samples and a sheet of of white paper with black printing “MANNERS OF WEAVING OVERS…
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Manners of Weaving Overshot
Date
n.d.
Medium
weaving on paper
Dimensions
68.8 x 50.0 cm
Description
A large sheet of heavy white paper folded in half like a card. There are 14 examples of overshot sample weaving, woven in several shades of blue, green, beige, and white fibre, behind black paper frames. The weaving samples and a sheet of of white paper with black printing “MANNERS OF WEAVING OVERSHOT” are attached with masking tape. The cover has cutouts for each sample weaving and a larger window cutout in the middle for the white paper. Black paper is attached au verso around the cutouts to make a black frame for each and attached with masking tape. Au verso there is a white sheet of paper attached with tape “LEGEND” and the type of weaving in each sample window starting at viewer’s left “FLAME, AS DRAWN IN, ITALIAN, LACE, TIE-UP STANDARD, TIE-UP TRIPLE, LACE, BLOCK A PATTERN, BLOCK B PATTERN, BLOCK C PATTERN, BLOCK D PATTERN, SPETSVAV, ROSE FASHION, SWIVEL”.
Subject
weaving
craft
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.043
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
weaving on paper
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.041
Description
A large sheet of heavy white paper folded in half like a card. There are 14 examples of whig rose sample weaving, woven in several shades of blue and white fibre, behind black paper frames. Au verso on this page the weaving samples and a sheet of of white paper with black printing “MANNERS OF WEAVI…
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Miniature Whig Rose
Date
n.d.
Medium
weaving on paper
Dimensions
68.8 x 50.0 cm
Description
A large sheet of heavy white paper folded in half like a card. There are 14 examples of whig rose sample weaving, woven in several shades of blue and white fibre, behind black paper frames. Au verso on this page the weaving samples and a sheet of of white paper with black printing “MANNERS OF WEAVING WHIG ROSE” are attached with masking tape. There is a piece of graph paper also attached with masking tape; it has a pattern for whig rose weaving in pencil and printed in black below that “MINIATURE WHIG ROSE WEAVING”. The top half has cutouts for each sample weaving and a larger one for the graph paper. Black paper is attached au verso around the cutouts to make a black frame for each and attached with masking tape. Au verso there is a white sheet of paper attached with tape “LEGEND” and the type of weaving in each sample window starting at viewer’s left “SIMULATED SUMMER AND WINTER, TUFTEO, SIMULATED CRACKLE, SHASOW, TIE UP 1-2: 3-4, TIE-UP 1-2-3-4, FEATHER STITCH, HONEYCOMB, OPPOSITES, ORIGINAL DESIGN, ROTATION, BOUND, SUNBIRST (sic), HORIZONTAL STRIPES”.
Subject
weaving
crafts
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.041
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Police Barracks in Banff

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Artist
William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian)
Date
1880 – 1929
Medium
watercolour, pen and ink on paper
Catalogue Number
McW.05.01
Description
Watercolour painting with pen and ink detailing. It is a landscape painting with 4 Mountains, blue skies, an evergreen forested area, leafy trees, bushes, a building with a red roof, yellow walls and a wood fence. The sky accounts for half the image surface, some mountain peaks and trees cross the …
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Artist
William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian)
Title
Police Barracks in Banff
Date
1880 – 1929
Medium
watercolour, pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
19.05 x 30.48 cm
Description
Watercolour painting with pen and ink detailing. It is a landscape painting with 4 Mountains, blue skies, an evergreen forested area, leafy trees, bushes, a building with a red roof, yellow walls and a wood fence. The sky accounts for half the image surface, some mountain peaks and trees cross the center line and stretch into the sky. There are four birds, off centered, flying in the back ground. The forested area stretches over the mountain ranges, coming up just behind the building which is placed in the distance to the viewer. The left side of the image is surrounded by bushes and three large trees. There are four figures in the painting, two closer to the viewer with red coats, blue pants. They are placed in the middle at an opening in the gate. Another figure is on the right edge, riding a dark brown horse. the fourth figure is standing next to the building, too far to paint details. There is a white structure to the right of the building, Unidentified.
Subject
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R.C.M.P
landscape
barrack
banff
Credit
Gift of Jack McMahon, Edmonton, 2018
Catalogue Number
McW.05.01
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1950
Medium
weaving
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.015 a
Description
A light blue wool, baby shawl, fringed along all edges. White tag with royal blue lettering “hand woven” stitched on, in the middle of one end above one fringe.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [baby shawl]
Date
c. 1950
Medium
weaving
Dimensions
100.0 x 114.0 cm
Description
A light blue wool, baby shawl, fringed along all edges. White tag with royal blue lettering “hand woven” stitched on, in the middle of one end above one fringe.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.015 a
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1970
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.029 c
Description
An inkle loom-made belt in shades of blues and greens with fringed ends.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
untitled [belt]
Date
c. 1970
Dimensions
4.5 x 147.0 cm
Description
An inkle loom-made belt in shades of blues and greens with fringed ends.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.029 c
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1960
Medium
weaving
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.021 e
Description
A woven belt with green, brown and yellow stripes. There is a metal buckle sewn on one end and two strips of leather on the other, one of which has a tongue with six metal grommets.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
untitled [belt]
Date
c. 1960
Medium
weaving
Dimensions
8.0 x 83.0 cm
Description
A woven belt with green, brown and yellow stripes. There is a metal buckle sewn on one end and two strips of leather on the other, one of which has a tongue with six metal grommets.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.021 e
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
c. 1970
Medium
weaving
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.025 a
Description
A hand woven wool blanket woven in green on natural cotton.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [blanket]
Date
c. 1970
Medium
weaving
Dimensions
168.0 x 94.0 cm
Description
A hand woven wool blanket woven in green on natural cotton.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.025 a
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1970
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.035
Description
A hand woven striped blanket with a fringe. It is plain weaving on a striped warp. The colours are brown, grey, taupe, copper, rust, and beige. On viewer’s left just above (1.0cm) the fringe and 1.0cm from the blanket edge, there is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on. There is a shuttl…
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [blanket]
Date
1970
Dimensions
109.0 x 210.0 cm
Description
A hand woven striped blanket with a fringe. It is plain weaving on a striped warp. The colours are brown, grey, taupe, copper, rust, and beige. On viewer’s left just above (1.0cm) the fringe and 1.0cm from the blanket edge, there is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on. There is a shuttle on the left strung with a piece of fibre leading to a spool on viewer’s right; written on the tag “Hand Woven BY Mary G. Andrews”
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary G. Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.035
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
weaving
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.031 v
Description
A gold and light brown wool blanket on a natural cotton warp. There are tassels on each corner.
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Artist
Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [blanket]
Date
n.d.
Medium
weaving
Dimensions
103.50 x 165.0 cm
Description
A gold and light brown wool blanket on a natural cotton warp. There are tassels on each corner.
Subject
crafts
weaving
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
AnM.08.031 v
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