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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
hair; fibre
Catalogue Number
107.02.0028
Description
Hooked rug picture of three cowboys standing with their backs to viewer, on a pier overlooking the ocean. A black ship with two masts sits to left on horizon. Pier has railing and figure of a black and white animal, cat, skunk or dog. Sky in light grey with faint white clouds. Pier is brown with b…
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Title
Hooked Picture
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
hair; fibre
Dimensions
20.5 x 28 cm
Description
Hooked rug picture of three cowboys standing with their backs to viewer, on a pier overlooking the ocean. A black ship with two masts sits to left on horizon. Pier has railing and figure of a black and white animal, cat, skunk or dog. Sky in light grey with faint white clouds. Pier is brown with black lines to indicate boards. Cowboys wear cowboy hats, suspenders and chaps. Framed by a green border 1cm. wide.
Subject
households
decorative
craft
figure
male
cowboy
needlework
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0028
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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
107.02.0029
Description
Hooked rug picture depicting a snowy town site, blue sky, mountains looming on either side of chapel with snowy roof in center of picture is framed by a 2.5 cm. black border. Stitching done with very thin strips of material.
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Title
Hooked Picture
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
fibre
Dimensions
30.0 x 39.5 cm
Description
Hooked rug picture depicting a snowy town site, blue sky, mountains looming on either side of chapel with snowy roof in center of picture is framed by a 2.5 cm. black border. Stitching done with very thin strips of material.
Subject
households
decorative
craft
needlework
towns
urban
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0029
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Date
n.d.
Material
wool; fabric
Catalogue Number
107.02.0074 a,b
Description
A pair of hooked pictures. a) has scene of two houses in the snow. Blue linen backing. b) one house surrounded by greenery with mountains in the background. Greek linen backing.
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Title
Hooked Picture
Date
n.d.
Material
wool; fabric
Dimensions
14.0 x 18.0 cm
Description
A pair of hooked pictures. a) has scene of two houses in the snow. Blue linen backing. b) one house surrounded by greenery with mountains in the background. Greek linen backing.
Subject
Whyte home
Catharine Robb Whyte
Edith Robb
needlework
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0074 a,b
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Date
n.d.
Material
wool; fabric
Catalogue Number
107.02.0075
Description
A square cross-stitched/hooked picture, geometric pattern of blues, greens, pink, and yellow. blue linen backing.
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Title
Hooked Picture
Date
n.d.
Material
wool; fabric
Dimensions
9.5 x 9.0 cm
Description
A square cross-stitched/hooked picture, geometric pattern of blues, greens, pink, and yellow. blue linen backing.
Subject
Whyte home
crafts
needlework
Catharine Robb Whyte
Edith Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0075
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Date
1822 – 1822
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.0008
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a double-stitched border with stitched bars between each row of letters (A-Z) beginning with capital letters, followed by numerals from 1 to 10, then lower case letters (a-z), then numerals fr…
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Title
Sampler
Date
1822 – 1822
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Dimensions
19.0; 22.0 (frame) x 21.0; 23.5 (frame) cm
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a double-stitched border with stitched bars between each row of letters (A-Z) beginning with capital letters, followed by numerals from 1 to 10, then lower case letters (a-z), then numerals from 1 to 6, then large capital letters (A-F), and ending with “Serena Matilda Potts 1822.” The piece was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with a parallel line (wood grain?) texture. The paper backing has “Serena Potts’ work born 1812” handwritten and a “Royal Picture Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta) framer’s sticker.
Subject
households
decorative
children
crafts
needlework
Serena M. Potts
Mary Schaffer Warren
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0008
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Date
1796 – 1796
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.0009
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…
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Title
Sampler
Date
1796 – 1796
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Dimensions
15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).
Subject
households
decorative
children
crafts
needlework
Susanah Lehman
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0009
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Date
1794 – 1796
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.0010
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow stitched border with a design in the band at the top followed by rows of letters separated by horizontal bars. The alphabet is stitched with each letter worked twice, followed by the alphabet with…
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Title
Sampler
Date
1794 – 1796
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Dimensions
19.0; 21.0 (frame) x 13.5; 16.0 (frame) cm
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow stitched border with a design in the band at the top followed by rows of letters separated by horizontal bars. The alphabet is stitched with each letter worked twice, followed by the alphabet with each letter worked once until “P” at the end of the sampler where “Susana Lhaman” (sic) is stitched. The sampler was originally framed with a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?).
Subject
households
decorative
children
crafts
needlework
Susanah Lehman
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0010
Images
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