COVER, CHAIR SEAT
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COUCH COVER
- Date Range From
- 1905
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19640837000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COUCH COVER
- Date Range From
- 1905
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 134.6
- Width
- 139.7
- Description
- A BORDER HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO EACH OF THE FOUR SIDES. TWO OF THE BORDERS ARE UPSIDE DOWN. THE BORDER IS GREEN, GREY AND BROWN. HAND MADE, NARROW CENTER. BORDERS ARE SEWN TO BURGUNDY COTTON SQUARE. BURGUNDY TASSELS ON ALL 4 SIDES. BORDERS HAVE LEAF AND FLORAL DESIGNS.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- FURNISHINGS
- History
- DONOR STATED ITEM BELONGED TO HER MOTHER AND WAS USED AROUND THE HOUSE AS A COUCH COVER. HER MOTHER AND FATHER WERE MARRIED IN 1903 AND CAME TO CANADA ABOUT 1905-1906. PROBABLY ENGLISH MADE.
- *UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O.E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING THIS ARTIFACT. RESEARCH CONDUCTED LED TO CONTACT WITH THE DONOR AND/OR NEXT OF KIN, HOWEVER, NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT WORK.
- Catalogue Number
- P19640837000
- Acquisition Date
- 1964-04
- Collection
- Museum
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