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Needlework Pattern
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpos.07.15
- Date
- 1812 – 1898
- Medium
- gouache on paper; card
- Catalogue Number
- PoS.07.15
- Description
- Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a geometric design in brown, light yellow, emerald green and deep blue. In the top right corner of the grid, the number “8737” is written - most likely the pattern’s number. In the top center of the grid, there are initials “?A”. The bottom …
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- Title
- Needlework Pattern
- Date
- 1812 – 1898
- Medium
- gouache on paper; card
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a geometric design in brown, light yellow, emerald green and deep blue. In the top right corner of the grid, the number “8737” is written - most likely the pattern’s number. In the top center of the grid, there are initials “?A”. The bottom of the grid has an inscription that reads “P. Fritz in Berlin”. On the reverse, there is writing in the top right corner that reads “Cu G/C” (?)
- Subject
- geometric
- border
- tile
- decorative
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- PoS.07.15
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Needlework Sampler
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpos.08.01a-d
- Date
- 1812 – 1898
- Medium
- wool; yarn; fibre; card on cloth; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- PoS.08.01a-d
- Description
- Four needlepoint sampler fragments with geometric designsa) orange, blue and black design in two lines, unfinished. Yellow whip stitch on one edge.b) brown and red hexagon design with black edges. Dark red whip stitch around all edgesc) green and red elongated hexagon design with black edges. Dark …
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- Title
- Needlework Sampler
- Date
- 1812 – 1898
- Medium
- wool; yarn; fibre; card on cloth; fibre
- Description
- Four needlepoint sampler fragments with geometric designsa) orange, blue and black design in two lines, unfinished. Yellow whip stitch on one edge.b) brown and red hexagon design with black edges. Dark red whip stitch around all edgesc) green and red elongated hexagon design with black edges. Dark red whip stitch around all edges except one.d) miniature green and red design on perforated card, similar to (a)Three (a,b,c) are made on large open weave cloth. (d) is made on a perforated paper or card material. (b,c) are made on cloth that has blue guidelines built into the weave. All designs are using “cross-stitch” technique, where a tent stitch is made in one direction first, then created in the opposite direction overtop to form an “x” shape.
- Subject
- geometric
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- PoS.08.01a-d
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1920 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.03.123
- Description
- Pen and pencil drawing of geometric shapes in perspective.
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Pen and pencil drawing of geometric shapes in perspective.
- Subject
- geometric shapes
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.03.123
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.894
- Description
- Bordered off in the top section of the paper a balanced geometric design repeats across the length of the paper. It has an organic quality to the design.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.3 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Bordered off in the top section of the paper a balanced geometric design repeats across the length of the paper. It has an organic quality to the design.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.894
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- Date
- 1915 – 1929
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.895
- Description
- Two drawings are divided by a line in the middle of the paper. The drawing on the left is a cone shape that has been shaded to show how light and shadow interact with the shape. The second drawing of a cylinder analyzing the same effects of light and shadow as seen in the cone.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1915 – 1929
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- Two drawings are divided by a line in the middle of the paper. The drawing on the left is a cone shape that has been shaded to show how light and shadow interact with the shape. The second drawing of a cylinder analyzing the same effects of light and shadow as seen in the cone.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.895
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- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.935 a,b
- Description
- A) Inside a border in the top section of the paper are three geometric designs. Two are filled in with ink and the other is an outline made with a pencil. Inside the fold there is block letters that have been shaded in. They spell out “LOST”. On the verso there is more lines to create other borders…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1915 – 1930
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.3 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A) Inside a border in the top section of the paper are three geometric designs. Two are filled in with ink and the other is an outline made with a pencil. Inside the fold there is block letters that have been shaded in. They spell out “LOST”. On the verso there is more lines to create other borders. B) The stencil used to make the geometric shape. There is ink all around the cut edges from wear it filled in the pattern on the other paper.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.935 a,b
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