topic:"hobbies" found 4 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Description: Elaborately carved, W. J. Phillips' (a) presentation case: 61.5x79.3x12.5, hinged lid drops open, held by 52.5 long chains both sides. Lid elaborately carved, centre design 34.0x27.0,leaves, berries, etc. Border 8.0 wide carved square chain design, corners pinwheel, inside lined with green velvet …

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Description: Elaborately carved, W. J. Phillips' (a) presentation case: 61.5x79.3x12.5, hinged lid drops open, held by 52.5 long chains both sides. Lid elaborately carved, centre design 34.0x27.0,leaves, berries, etc. Border 8.0 wide carved square chain design, corners pinwheel, inside lined with green velvet (b) easel: 183.0x71.0, top of upright ca 40.0x30.0 elaborately carved, also carving on upright and both wings, more carving at cross bar. Feet of wings curve out into scroll. Tray has turned outer edge with carved design brace, brace broken in 2 places (old), the upright has 9 holes for movement of tray, the 2 wings have 2 holes near top for installation of case. The back lever is 140.0 long with 21.5 foot, attached to the back of the upright with a bolt and brace mechanism. Condition: water spots over all, left wing foot broken off and secured with 3 screws, piece broken off right wing top, glued back on, gouges from improper moving of tray, lever slightly warped.

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Description: Long, cylindrical, black leather carrying case with suitecase-type handle grip on side. Leather fastened together in a seam up the back by a series of black painted rivets approximately 3.0 apart. Leather cap fastened at one end with rivets and removable from other end to act as lid. Lid has sma…

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Description: Long, cylindrical, black leather carrying case with suitecase-type handle grip on side. Leather fastened together in a seam up the back by a series of black painted rivets approximately 3.0 apart. Leather cap fastened at one end with rivets and removable from other end to act as lid. Lid has small leather strap across top, through which passes a long leather belt attached to the body of the case just below the lid and buckling to the case on the opposite side. Leather, suitcase grip handle fastened to middle of cylinder with two square metal loops through leather straps attached to the cylinder. A small, brown, leather belt passes loosely around the base beneath the handle, with a paper address tag "from Mount Royal Hotel, Banff, Alberta" attached.

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Description: Three hollow tubes 50.5 cm long form the legs for the tripod stool. Bolted together near the middle each has a rubber cup on the end and at the top spread out into the pockets of a three cornered leather seat. A leather strap with metal buckle is screwed onto a leg near the bottom to keep the leg…

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Description: Three hollow tubes 50.5 cm long form the legs for the tripod stool. Bolted together near the middle each has a rubber cup on the end and at the top spread out into the pockets of a three cornered leather seat. A leather strap with metal buckle is screwed onto a leg near the bottom to keep the legs together when not in use. A long thin leather strap is attached at the middle and one corner of the seat for carrying.

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