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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- skin
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0044
- Description
- Soft green embossed moroccan leather portfolio. Front is tooled with ornate gold leaf and paint. 2.5 cm. gold leaf border frame central rectangular panel, (14 x 25cm. divided into three sections of gold and multi coloured arabesque pattern. Pigments are poor quality and are cracking and bubbling.…
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- Title
- Portfolio
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- skin
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Soft green embossed moroccan leather portfolio. Front is tooled with ornate gold leaf and paint. 2.5 cm. gold leaf border frame central rectangular panel, (14 x 25cm. divided into three sections of gold and multi coloured arabesque pattern. Pigments are poor quality and are cracking and bubbling. Paint appears to have been added later as gold is revealed through cracks in paint. Back cover is tooled in lengthwise and widthwise lines forming 3 cm. squares. Small gold leaf stars are embossed upon each intersection. Flap on each side inside provides two pockets for stationary storage. Printed in gold on inside corner "O R 22 CARATS".
- Subject
- households
- office
- hobbies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0044
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