topic:"Mary Andrews" found 23 records - Research Collections

Bas-Relief Wall Hanging

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Date: 1978

Material: plaster; paint; fibre; paint; metal

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1043

Description: A piece of cardboard, covered with unbleached woven linen (that has been stapled onto the cardboard) onto which a copy of a ceramic bas-relief (17.5cmx11.5cm wide) from a Mayan temple, has been glued. The bas-relief is of a kneeling woman weaving on a loom tied to a tree trunk. Carved into the cera…

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Title: Bas-Relief Wall Hanging

Date: 1978

Material: plaster; paint; fibre; paint; metal

Dimensions: 16.0 x 23.0 cm

Description: A piece of cardboard, covered with unbleached woven linen (that has been stapled onto the cardboard) onto which a copy of a ceramic bas-relief (17.5cmx11.5cm wide) from a Mayan temple, has been glued. The bas-relief is of a kneeling woman weaving on a loom tied to a tree trunk. Carved into the ceramic piece “IXCHEL” to the viewer’s right, and underneath in the middle “GODDESS of the the MOON and WEAVING”.

Subject: households; decorative; ceramics; Guatemalan; Mary Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1043

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Commercial Print Picture

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Date: 1970

Material: paper; wood; glass; metal

Catalogue Number: 107.01.1021

Description: A commercial print done by L.R. Batchelor for Merck Frosst. It is a colour print of a group of gnomes in a cave: the gnomes on the top part are playing games, the gnome on the left is sewing and the gnomes to the right are painting signs; the gnome in the foreground is weaving on a large floor loom…

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Title: Commercial Print Picture

Date: 1970

Material: paper; wood; glass; metal

Dimensions: 34.0 x 25.5 cm

Description: A commercial print done by L.R. Batchelor for Merck Frosst. It is a colour print of a group of gnomes in a cave: the gnomes on the top part are playing games, the gnome on the left is sewing and the gnomes to the right are painting signs; the gnome in the foreground is weaving on a large floor loom, helped by a bug on the left holding the thread from the shuttle.

Subject: households; decorative; commercial print; Merck Frosst; Mary Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: 107.01.1021

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Table Loom

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Date: 1977

Material: wood; metal; fibre; paper; plastic

Catalogue Number: 104.45.1041 a-c

Description: A table loom, shuttle, and weaving (belt) that is set up on the loom:(a) A four-harness wood table loom handmade by Harold Mortimer, strung, with shuttle and cotton thread attached which you move through the warp as the weft. There is a pencilled circle (radius 2.0cm, 3.60cm from each end and 0.50c…

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Title: Table Loom

Date: 1977

Material: wood; metal; fibre; paper; plastic

Dimensions: 33.0 x 16.5 x 61.0 cm

Description: A table loom, shuttle, and weaving (belt) that is set up on the loom:(a) A four-harness wood table loom handmade by Harold Mortimer, strung, with shuttle and cotton thread attached which you move through the warp as the weft. There is a pencilled circle (radius 2.0cm, 3.60cm from each end and 0.50cm from the bottom with the number) the number “3” and “HM” , Harold Mortimer’s monogram, pencilled in the centre. It has four wooden knobs on top of the upright posts that have the string harnesses attached. Underneath the top of the upright post there is a white address label (4.60x1.5cm wide) with red on the top and bottom. On it is printed “HAROLD MORTIMER 341 BIG HORN ST BOX 77 BANFF ALBERTA T0L 0C0 and to the right of that, written in pen “DEC 1977”It has metal reeds which the fibre goes through. The completed part of the belt is wound around the roller (covered in cardboard) so the fibre not damaged. There is a slender round piece of wood (pencil) for tautness. There is also a roller (warp beam) on the back where the threads (warp) are attached.(b) the wooden shuttle, 17.5x2.5cm wide, with a groove at each end creating a space for the fibre to be wound around horizontally.(c) the partially woven, blue, yellow, and brown strip of woven cloth that is set up on the loom.

Subject: crafts; woodwork; weaving; Harold Mortimer; Mary Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: 104.45.1041 a-c

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Untitled [baby shawl]

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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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Untitled (placemat)

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: c. 1950

Medium: weaving

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.007 d

Description: A handwoven, slub cotton placemat, in purple and orange colours, with orange fringes.

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Untitled (placemat)

Date: c. 1950

Medium: weaving

Dimensions: 31.5 x 47.0 cm

Description: A handwoven, slub cotton placemat, in purple and orange colours, with orange fringes.

Subject: crafts; weaving; Mary Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.007 d

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Untitled (sample)

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: weaving

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.002 b

Description: A hand woven sample of bound weaving, humanesque style, in wool and rayon in colours of red, black, yellow, blue white and brown. There are rows of designs, most notably a row of girls and a row of boys.

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Untitled (sample)

Date: 1948

Medium: weaving

Dimensions: 38.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: A hand woven sample of bound weaving, humanesque style, in wool and rayon in colours of red, black, yellow, blue white and brown. There are rows of designs, most notably a row of girls and a row of boys.