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Electric Table Lamp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.05.0089
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; plastic; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0089
- Description
- An office goose neck lamp with green dome shade. Heavy, domed, brass base holds long brass shaft with spiral texture, which is flexible beyond the first 15.4 cm. Brass socket shell at top of shaft has black, flat, turning switch reading "DUNCAN", and holds 40 watt GE "universal appliance" light bul…
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- Title
- Electric Table Lamp
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal; plastic; fibre
- Dimensions
- 64.2 x 16.8 cm
- Description
- An office goose neck lamp with green dome shade. Heavy, domed, brass base holds long brass shaft with spiral texture, which is flexible beyond the first 15.4 cm. Brass socket shell at top of shaft has black, flat, turning switch reading "DUNCAN", and holds 40 watt GE "universal appliance" light bulb. Green domed metal shade is aluminum colour inside, and clamps over socket shell by means of circular brass clip device which is riveted to lamp shade through a hole in its side, and is "patented May 10,98" by "Faries Mfg. Co. Decatur, Ill.". Yellow cloth covered power cord is two wires twisted together exiting near the bottom of the shaft, and attached to a round, brown, two-prong outlet plug. Base bottom covered with green felt to prevent scratching.
- Subject
- Whyte home;households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.05.0089
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Painting Picture
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.0030
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; paint, oil
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0030
- Description
- An oil painting of a rose on a piece of white silk. Single pink rose at centre with leaves and four rosebuds on stems, ferns and small blue flowers, forget-me-nots? complete the bouquet. Border of green leaves with small sprays of pink flowers surround central bouquet. Crease marks where originall…
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- Title
- Painting Picture
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; paint, oil
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- An oil painting of a rose on a piece of white silk. Single pink rose at centre with leaves and four rosebuds on stems, ferns and small blue flowers, forget-me-nots? complete the bouquet. Border of green leaves with small sprays of pink flowers surround central bouquet. Crease marks where originally folded around backing for display; edges of silk fabric rough and uneven.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- decorative
- artists
- J.D. Curren
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.0030
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Trinket Basket
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0179
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0179
- Description
- An oblate cylindrical basket with cedar or root base and grass, tightly knotted walls. Shape is skin to a squashed cylinder. Indigo and orange bands at base. Cherry red zigzag band at girth. Lid fits flushly over a wider root rim, and is banded (race track fashion) with red zigzags and indigo and o…
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- Title
- Trinket Basket
- Date
- 1900 – 1930
- Material
- wood; grass
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 6.8 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- An oblate cylindrical basket with cedar or root base and grass, tightly knotted walls. Shape is skin to a squashed cylinder. Indigo and orange bands at base. Cherry red zigzag band at girth. Lid fits flushly over a wider root rim, and is banded (race track fashion) with red zigzags and indigo and orange bullseye at centre.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- decorative
- crafts
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0179
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