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Embroidery Sampler
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.02.1006%20a%2c%20b
- Date
- 1820 – 1825
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1006 a, b
- Description
- Two verses centered in picture in tiny brown straight stitch embroidery "How should thee morning of my days Be spent in humble prayer and Praise, To him he save me life and breath And still preserve my soul from death - O may his condescending love Still draw my heart to things above, That I among …
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- Title
- Embroidery Sampler
- Date
- 1820 – 1825
- Material
- fibre, cotton
- Dimensions
- 44.75 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- Two verses centered in picture in tiny brown straight stitch embroidery "How should thee morning of my days Be spent in humble prayer and Praise, To him he save me life and breath And still preserve my soul from death - O may his condescending love Still draw my heart to things above, That I among his saints may know The joys of heaven begun below. Deborah Schaffer". Cross stitched large beige flower with blue ribbon is bottom centre from which various coloured flowers and leaves surround the verse. b) Note “Deborah Schaeffer 1540”
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 107.02.1006 a, b
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- Date
- 1968 – 1970
- Material
- fibre, cotton; hair, sheep
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0024
- Description
- Rectangular, large rust-coloured rug with brown border band at perimeter and tied fringes on two ends only. Squares of geometric patterns, in brown, ivory, gold alternate in three different patterns - namely, ivory circles, gold circles and brown ivory square pattern.
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- Title
- Floor Rug
- Date
- 1968 – 1970
- Material
- fibre, cotton; hair, sheep
- Dimensions
- 300.0 x 405.0 cm
- Description
- Rectangular, large rust-coloured rug with brown border band at perimeter and tied fringes on two ends only. Squares of geometric patterns, in brown, ivory, gold alternate in three different patterns - namely, ivory circles, gold circles and brown ivory square pattern.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0024
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0015
- Description
- Rug made from commercial rug kit, pattern is mock Persian in blue, orange and gold on a cream ground, symmetrical pattern. Rya style, wool tied on a nylon mesh and then cotton backed.
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- Title
- Throw Rug
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- hair, sheep; fibre
- Dimensions
- 70.0 x 136.0 cm
- Description
- Rug made from commercial rug kit, pattern is mock Persian in blue, orange and gold on a cream ground, symmetrical pattern. Rya style, wool tied on a nylon mesh and then cotton backed.
- Subject
- households
- furnishings
- crafts
- decorative
- rug hooking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.02.0015
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Untitled (rug)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcol.08.01
- Artist
- Lorne Cooley
- Date
- 2002
- Medium
- on fabric
- Catalogue Number
- CoL.08.01
- Description
- A denim rug woven on a hand-made loom. The blue and white rug is made from recycled blue jeans. The warp thread is light yellow and appears to be white on the rug but the fringe shows it to be yellow.
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- Artist
- Lorne Cooley
- Title
- Untitled (rug)
- Date
- 2002
- Medium
- on fabric
- Dimensions
- 79.5 x 95.0 (108.50 with fringe) cm
- Description
- A denim rug woven on a hand-made loom. The blue and white rug is made from recycled blue jeans. The warp thread is light yellow and appears to be white on the rug but the fringe shows it to be yellow.
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- CoL.08.01
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