Blotter
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| Nom de l'objet : | Blotter |
| Matériaux : | canvas, paperboard, silk/rayon, cotton |
| Numéro d'accession : | BR2010.3.12 |
| Pays d'origine : | North America, Canada, Ontario |
| Date de début de production : | 1930 |
| Description : | Hand crafted folder for storing blotter papers. This case was made from Canvas, covering the paperboard, trimmed with red ribbon and embroidery. Front cover has embroidered on it the word 'Blotter' in red, the word is angled from cover right to upper left, with branches motif at each end. Inside front cover has red ribbon bands angled at upper and lower right hand corners. Inside back cover has two pockets on left opening to the center, created by a horizontal line of red stitching. The pocket edges are bound with red ribbon, the back cover is not decorated. Center fold is covered with red ribbon, tacked on inside and a double bow on the outside. The ribbon is 21 cm wide with plain center band and 3 rows of beading motif at each end. |
| Fonctions : | Item may have been be made by Mary Harris. Mary Horatia Magrath Harris (1859-1954) was the granddaughter of Reverend James Magrath (1769 1851), who was the first rector of St. Peter's Anglican Church in Erindale. Her parents, Christiana (n‚e Sutherland) and William Melchior Magrath, married in 1856. Christiana died after the birth of her third daughter, Isabel, in 1860. Mary and her two sisters were raised by their aunt, Anna Cordelia Magrath, at Erindale Estate. Both the Magraths and Harrises were members of the St. Peter's Anglican Church and the families knew each other well. It was at church that Mary and Arthur Harris first met and later married in 1881. Mary and Arthur had three children, Annie (1882 1986), Naomi (1883 1968) and Margaret (1887). Oral tradition suggests that Mary never fully recovered from the sad loss of her third child and she suffered hearing impairment soon after. Mary was a very generous woman and held in high esteem by all who knew her. Mary loved to write and the family has kept many of the short stories she wrote through the years. She lived at Benares until her death in 1954 at the age of 94. |
| Hauteur : | 3.3000000000 |
| Longueur : | 28.3000000000 |
| Largeur : | 25.6000000000 |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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