- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal; fibre; cone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0090 a-e
- Description
- Five Christmas corsages; (a) two plastic poinsettias with gold sparkles are the main components, green tinsel and red ribbon form the background, stem is brown paper covering wire. (b) Corsage with six silver roll flowers, a plastic Santa with a cotton batting beard and felt hat, surrounded by thre…
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- Title
- Corsage
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plastic; metal; fibre; cone
- Dimensions
- 15.0 cm
- Description
- Five Christmas corsages; (a) two plastic poinsettias with gold sparkles are the main components, green tinsel and red ribbon form the background, stem is brown paper covering wire. (b) Corsage with six silver roll flowers, a plastic Santa with a cotton batting beard and felt hat, surrounded by three styrofoam bells, a red bow and silver and white woven leaves. The stem is green tape covering florist's wire. A long stick pin with a green plastic head is attached to the stem. (c) Corsage with one styrofoam bell, red Christmas ball, two pine-cones and a red and silver ribbon. The background is formed by a single foil leaf. The green stem is equipped with a brooch pin. (d) Corsage in silver and white, two pine cones painted silver, a white plastic bell and a white and silver ribbon are set against two wide pipe cleaners and a silver leaf. (e) Corsage with an elf with red pipe cleaner toque, two red plastic bells, a pine-cone with white painted edges and a red ribbon set against a silver leaf.
- Subject
- households
- adornment
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0090 a-e
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