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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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- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0045
- Description
- A soft, faded blue leather folder embossed with gold designs on the front. Gold design forms a frame around a more open, curved geometric line design inside, with six gold, winged dragons each inside a square back contains a narrower gold border around an ungilded, embossed inner border frame. Edge…
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- Title
- Portfolio
- Date
- 1920 – 1930
- Material
- skin; fibre; paper
- Dimensions
- 2.0 x 32.0 x 42.5 cm
- Description
- A soft, faded blue leather folder embossed with gold designs on the front. Gold design forms a frame around a more open, curved geometric line design inside, with six gold, winged dragons each inside a square back contains a narrower gold border around an ungilded, embossed inner border frame. Edges are bound with a wide strand of blue leather. Leather folds inside to form a narrow pocket along the side of the inside cover, and forms a wider pocket on the back inside, with a second, smaller double pocket over that. Folder is lined with blue and gold brocaded fabric, with thick interleaves covered with the same and lined with grey marbled paper on the inside. Two large white sheets of rag paper are folded inside and held with a narrow leather strip stretched along the centre fold of the folder.
- Subject
- households
- office
- hobbies
- CRW wedding
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0045
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