Dress Ornament
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0070
- Description
- In red, gold and black patterned, paper covered Moirs Chocolates box (20.0 x 5.0 x 11.4) box marked, "black velvet flowers". Three large, black velvet flowers and four lengths of black velvet ribbon to adorn a garment. Flowers (12.0 cm diam) made of separate petal shapes cut out and glued together …
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- Title
- Dress Ornament
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; glass; paper
- Description
- In red, gold and black patterned, paper covered Moirs Chocolates box (20.0 x 5.0 x 11.4) box marked, "black velvet flowers". Three large, black velvet flowers and four lengths of black velvet ribbon to adorn a garment. Flowers (12.0 cm diam) made of separate petal shapes cut out and glued together at the centre with a cluster of small black beads, and a flexible paper wrapped stem at the back. 21.5 x 4.0 flat bow formed from a piece of ribbon, a long length (95.0 x 3.8) and a shorter length (29.0 x 3.8) of ribbon the same width and a narrower length (58.0 x 2.2) of ribbon with a buttonhole worked 5.5 cm from each end and ends cut off diagonally.
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0070
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