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Embroidery Picture
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.1008
- Date
- 1974
- Material
- fibre, wool; cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1008
- Description
- A picture of St. Michael's Mount Cornwall, England done in needlepoint embroidery with wool and cotton stitches. The picture depicts a rocky promontory with a castellated mansion and an ancient chapel. There are buildings at the bottom of the mount done in fine cotton embroidery with what appears…
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- Title
- Embroidery Picture
- Date
- 1974
- Material
- fibre, wool; cotton
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- A picture of St. Michael's Mount Cornwall, England done in needlepoint embroidery with wool and cotton stitches. The picture depicts a rocky promontory with a castellated mansion and an ancient chapel. There are buildings at the bottom of the mount done in fine cotton embroidery with what appears to be ships in centre right. Bottom is rocks and greenery. Cloudy sky in background.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1008
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1033 a-j
- Description
- Eight beige linen coctail napkins still in the display box. Each napkin has a picture of drink with its name and number of calories. All of the napkins are tied in place with a white ribbon. There is a gold-coloured paper label with “PURE LINEN HAND ROLLED” written in dark blue. The napkins ar…
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- Title
- Napkin
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Description
- Eight beige linen coctail napkins still in the display box. Each napkin has a picture of drink with its name and number of calories. All of the napkins are tied in place with a white ribbon. There is a gold-coloured paper label with “PURE LINEN HAND ROLLED” written in dark blue. The napkins are in a flat white box that has “Edmee” written in pencil in one corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1033 a-j
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- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0722 a,b
- Description
- 2 square, beige lightweight linen napkins with crocheted eyelet edging. Three corners contain crocheted triple triangles in trim, fourth corner also contains triangles but with addition of banded, scrolled embroidery and open geometric crocheting.
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- Title
- Napkin
- Date
- 1925 – 1940
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- 2 square, beige lightweight linen napkins with crocheted eyelet edging. Three corners contain crocheted triple triangles in trim, fourth corner also contains triangles but with addition of banded, scrolled embroidery and open geometric crocheting.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- craft
- embroidery
- crochet
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0722 a,b
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Overblouse Blouse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.05.0110
- Date
- 1976 – 1977
- Material
- hair; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0110
- Description
- A lightweight green wool shirt with gold metallic thread embroidery. Simply straight cut to below hips with small slits at each side, square set in sleeves straight to waist, and collarless neck with front slit opening and two round green wool covered buttons with green wool loop buttonholes. Hand …
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- Title
- Overblouse Blouse
- Date
- 1976 – 1977
- Material
- hair; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 71.5 cm
- Description
- A lightweight green wool shirt with gold metallic thread embroidery. Simply straight cut to below hips with small slits at each side, square set in sleeves straight to waist, and collarless neck with front slit opening and two round green wool covered buttons with green wool loop buttonholes. Hand sewn heavy gold embroidery of flame shaped flowers embellish neck opening. Seams and hems hidden with a narrow band of gold embroidery.
- Subject
- households
- embroidery
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0110
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- Date
- 1925 – 1925
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0018
- Description
- A large, rectangular, grass linen white tablecloth with wide hemmed borders and small sprays of white embroidered flowers scattered evenly over the surface.
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- Title
- Tablecloth
- Date
- 1925 – 1925
- Material
- fibre, flax
- Dimensions
- 176.0 x 215.0 cm
- Description
- A large, rectangular, grass linen white tablecloth with wide hemmed borders and small sprays of white embroidered flowers scattered evenly over the surface.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- embroidery
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0018
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- Date
- 1920 – 1952
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1013
- Description
- A pile of embroidery thread of various colours. Some skeins have paper labels from “CLARK’S STRANDED COTTON THE CANADIAN SPOOL COTTON CO. SUCCRS.”
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- Title
- Thread
- Date
- 1920 – 1952
- Material
- fibre; paper
- Description
- A pile of embroidery thread of various colours. Some skeins have paper labels from “CLARK’S STRANDED COTTON THE CANADIAN SPOOL COTTON CO. SUCCRS.”
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1013
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0012
- Description
- A conical knitted hat with triangular ear flaps and a multi-coloured tassel at the top point. A rib knit border forms a ruffle with stripes at the bottom around the neck edge. The hat’s main colour is a natural beige colour with mult-coloured stripes (red, orange, pink, green, blue) in bands aro…
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- Title
- Toque
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 52.0 (base) x 38.0 cm
- Description
- A conical knitted hat with triangular ear flaps and a multi-coloured tassel at the top point. A rib knit border forms a ruffle with stripes at the bottom around the neck edge. The hat’s main colour is a natural beige colour with mult-coloured stripes (red, orange, pink, green, blue) in bands around the hat. There are geometric and bird shapes on the coloured bands.
- Subject
- winter
- sports
- crafts
- knitting
- embroidery
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.04.0012
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