- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1155 a, b
- Description
- a - Brown leather hatbox with blue silk hollowed out interior. Interior 2 leather straps to secure with metal snaps. Ripped gold insignia on inside lip of hatbox lid. Locking mechanism at front. Tag on front “Allied 168 Van Lines.” Metal at four corners securing the leather to the box. “DARROCH” s…
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- Title
- Hatbox
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- skin; fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 19 x 35 cm
- Description
- a - Brown leather hatbox with blue silk hollowed out interior. Interior 2 leather straps to secure with metal snaps. Ripped gold insignia on inside lip of hatbox lid. Locking mechanism at front. Tag on front “Allied 168 Van Lines.” Metal at four corners securing the leather to the box. “DARROCH” scratched into lid. “347” engraved on lower back.b- Small black velvet pillow measuring 13 cm long by 8 cm wide and 5 cm high. Faded writing visible, illegible. Fragmentary text suggests that it once read: “L. J. APPLEGATH & SON Cor, Yonge and Richmond Streets Toronto, Ont.”
- Subject
- households
- clothing accessory
- Credit
- Gift of Gordon Darroch, Toronto, 2008
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1155 a, b
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