- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; skin; horse hair; fabric; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0301 a,b
- Description
- Two elegant dining room hardwood chairs of Chippendale design with seats covered in black leather. The chairs have a gracefully curved and crested rail that is a separate piece which is glued to the slat back and the curved back frame. The slat backs with a lyre-shaped (five cut-out slats from one …
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- Title
- Dining Chair
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- wood; skin; horse hair; fabric; metal
- Dimensions
- 97.3 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Two elegant dining room hardwood chairs of Chippendale design with seats covered in black leather. The chairs have a gracefully curved and crested rail that is a separate piece which is glued to the slat back and the curved back frame. The slat backs with a lyre-shaped (five cut-out slats from one piece of wood) centre is joined to the frame and the curved rail. The chair seat is narrower at the back becoming wider as it gets to the end so the legs are spaced further apart at the front. The Marlborough-style tapered legs have an H-frame stretcher about three-quarters from the top of the drop-in seat. The leather covered seats have a wood frame (no centre) that fits into rabbets, horsehair filling, and an undercover in muslin cotton fabric. The four corner support joints underneath the seat are pieces of wood nailed onto the seat; also a piece of wood nailed and screwed onto both sides of seat bottom.
- Subject
- households
- furniture
- Moore House
- Credit
- Gift of Bruce Horn, Coquitlam, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- 102.03.0301 a,b
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1141 a,b
- Description
- Two sterling silver souvenir spoons:(a) a silver souvenir spoon (13.5 cm x 2.5 cm wide) with a frontal view of an Indigenous Chief on the handle, looking into the distance towards viewer’s right, with his hand above his eyes. He is wearing a loin cloth and a full, long headdress, below that, an ena…
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- Title
- Souvenir Spoon
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal; enamel
- Description
- Two sterling silver souvenir spoons:(a) a silver souvenir spoon (13.5 cm x 2.5 cm wide) with a frontal view of an Indigenous Chief on the handle, looking into the distance towards viewer’s right, with his hand above his eyes. He is wearing a loin cloth and a full, long headdress, below that, an enamelled multi-coloured maple leaf crest is soldered onto the handle. The back of the spoon shows the back of the man, same stance, although no crest, so his whole body is in view. On the back of the handle the word “CANADA” is printed in relief and below that, the silver mark “925” and two hallmarks. The bowl of the spoon has, printed in relief “C.P.R. Hotel” the Banff Springs Hotel and under that “BANFF”. (b) a gold-coloured silver souvenir spoon (10.0cmx2.5cm wide) with the B.C. provincial coat-of -arms emblem on the top of the handle: the wapiti on the left, the heraldic lion on top, the Bighorn sheep on the right, the shield, in white, blue and red enamel, in the middle with the motto underneath “SPLENDOR SINE OCCASU”. The bowl has “GLACIER HOUSE SELKIRK MOUNTAINS B.C.” and the hotel and mountains in relief. Engraved on the back of the spoon, all that is visible of the word Sterling, is “STERLI”.
- Credit
- Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.1141 a,b
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