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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
105.02.0128 a,b
Description
Japanese handsewn embroidered silk card holders. (a) 15.6 x 12.1 brown silk with gold and coloured overall designs, frogs, snails, dragonflies, fireflies, mantis, saerda, spiders. Folded over, 2 pockets from front materials, lined with pale blue , 2 more pockets. (b) 23.0 x 23.0, fully lined, f…
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Title
Card Holder
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
fibre
Description
Japanese handsewn embroidered silk card holders. (a) 15.6 x 12.1 brown silk with gold and coloured overall designs, frogs, snails, dragonflies, fireflies, mantis, saerda, spiders. Folded over, 2 pockets from front materials, lined with pale blue , 2 more pockets. (b) 23.0 x 23.0, fully lined, folded to form envelope. Inside purple "shot" silk with pocket gold stitching. Outside pale blue with embroidered flowers and bamboo leaves.1.5 long thread forms closure with .6 x .7 flat piece of ivory. Very finely made.
Subject
households
clothing accessory
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Edith Morse Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0128 a,b
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Date
1873 – 1900
Material
skin; fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.1014
Description
Sam Ward's leather hat case, purple satin, concave lid, leather handle on lid, oval base tapered outward, leather strap joins lid and base with keyless brass lock, tooled flowers around latch on base, interior quilted purple satin, removable molded seat for hat, blue elastic draw strings to secure,…
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Title
Hatbox
Date
1873 – 1900
Material
skin; fibre; metal
Description
Sam Ward's leather hat case, purple satin, concave lid, leather handle on lid, oval base tapered outward, leather strap joins lid and base with keyless brass lock, tooled flowers around latch on base, interior quilted purple satin, removable molded seat for hat, blue elastic draw strings to secure, blue glued fabric interior walls.
Subject
households
clothing accessory
Sam Ward
Credit
Gift of Sam Ward, Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
103.08.1014
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Date
2008
Material
fabric; plastic; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.1143
Description
A small bag from Nepal, woven on the back, and woven and embroidered on the front, with a multi-coloured corded strap (135.0cm) sewn onto the side of the bag, extending from the fringed bottom 4.0cm suspended from a blue plastic bead, to an over-the-shoulder cord. The front part is backed by a blac…
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Title
Shoulder Bag
Date
2008
Material
fabric; plastic; metal
Dimensions
15.5 x 19.0 cm
Description
A small bag from Nepal, woven on the back, and woven and embroidered on the front, with a multi-coloured corded strap (135.0cm) sewn onto the side of the bag, extending from the fringed bottom 4.0cm suspended from a blue plastic bead, to an over-the-shoulder cord. The front part is backed by a black muslin cotton piece that forms a separate compartment. There is a plastic and metal black zipper (15.0cm) on the top portion of the bag (one compartment) and the same kind and size of zipper lower down (5.0cm) opening onto a separate compartment. The bottom front of the bag 13.5x15.0cm wide) is gold satin with a circular embroidered design; the top part (5.0x15.0cm wide) is a multi-coloured woven design the same as the entire back of the bag. The paper price tag is attached by a piece of clear plastic; it reads “TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES” in red lettering and “ MADE IN/FABRIQUE DU NEPAL/NEPAL 5900165” in black lettering and the barcode underneath.
Subject
households
clothing
accessory
crafts
Nepal
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
103.08.1143
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