- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- paper; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1110
- Description
- Handmade paper hatbox with a lid. One piece of heavy paper is bent into a rounded oblong shape, and stitched together at one side. The bottom is attached with blue fabric. The overall pattern on the hatbox is a blue background wtih yellow and red flowers and feathers. The lid has the same patter…
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- Title
- Hatbox
- Date
- 1890 – 1939
- Material
- paper; fibre
- Description
- Handmade paper hatbox with a lid. One piece of heavy paper is bent into a rounded oblong shape, and stitched together at one side. The bottom is attached with blue fabric. The overall pattern on the hatbox is a blue background wtih yellow and red flowers and feathers. The lid has the same pattern with fabric glued around the outside edge. A small piece of fabric, with illegible handwriting, is glued to the centre of the lid. A string loop handle is threaded in one side.
- Subject
- crafts
- Mary Schaffer
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1110
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