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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0173
- Description
- A soft belt of red violet velvet with large silver buckle. Velvet is sewn into long tube and gathered slightly at end where attached to buckle. Two part buckle hooks together with large hook and eye on back. Cast buckle shaped like two pointed cinquefoils butting together at the flat side, each co…
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- Title
- Belt
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 93.5 cm
- Description
- A soft belt of red violet velvet with large silver buckle. Velvet is sewn into long tube and gathered slightly at end where attached to buckle. Two part buckle hooks together with large hook and eye on back. Cast buckle shaped like two pointed cinquefoils butting together at the flat side, each containing a female dancing figure in very high relief. Figure has firm breasts and tiny waist, and is wearing draped bloomers and tall headdress. Scrolls and flowers form garland around figure. Smooth border around pebbly background surface, follows shape of buckle each side of buckle has bar soldered across back to attach belt. Velvet attached one side only with loose basting stitches around bar.
- Subject
- households
- figure
- female
- religious
- Hinduism
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0173
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- Date
- 1929 – 1935
- Material
- glass; metal; paper; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0057
- Description
- In small, light green leather case embossed with gold. A small, tubular glass vial with blue stripes moulded into glass, brass cap with screw threads at bottom twists on over threads at neck of bottle, mouth of bottle tapers above neck to form dropper with tiny orifice. Round, gold, paper label on…
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- Title
- Toilet Bottle
- Date
- 1929 – 1935
- Material
- glass; metal; paper; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.1 x 3.7 x 6.1 cm
- Description
- In small, light green leather case embossed with gold. A small, tubular glass vial with blue stripes moulded into glass, brass cap with screw threads at bottom twists on over threads at neck of bottle, mouth of bottle tapers above neck to form dropper with tiny orifice. Round, gold, paper label on front of bottle depicts gold silhouette of woman within outline of royal crown, "Renaud Paris 1871 /Sweetpea" Two-fifths full of perfume. Case: flat rectangular, light green with border design embossed in gold on lid. Lid hinged to snap open, and lined with creamy satin stamped with name of Renaud. Bottom of velvet like fabric covering plate of metal shaped with grown across middle to hold perfume bottle.
- Subject
- households
- figure
- woman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0057
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- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper; plastic; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0072
- Description
- In tall, square, white box with flat, blue base: Small, square, glass bottle with sharp shoulders and narrow neck with flat, black plastic stopper. Neck of bottle wrapped with gold metallic cord which is attached to stopper. Flat, square stopper has cut off corners and Lanvin symbol (stylized woman…
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- Title
- Toilet Bottle
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Material
- paper; plastic; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 5.4 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
- Description
- In tall, square, white box with flat, blue base: Small, square, glass bottle with sharp shoulders and narrow neck with flat, black plastic stopper. Neck of bottle wrapped with gold metallic cord which is attached to stopper. Flat, square stopper has cut off corners and Lanvin symbol (stylized woman and child with billowing gowns) cut into top. Small, square, silver label on front printed in blue with same symbol and "Rumeur /extrait de Lanvin / Paris France" moulded into bottom. Tall, white, lift-off box lid fits over white boxy flange on flat blue base. Flange is constructed with recessed square hole, with an upright blue plastic semi-circle at each side, fitted to hold square bottle securely. Box lined with blue along corner edges, and embossed with Lanvin symbol on top. Label on base of box contains product name, and indicates "15 gr. env. p. flacon".
- Subject
- households
- figure
- female
- child
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0072
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