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https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91628
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.102
- Description
- Director's chair made of wood with canvas seat and back rest. The canvas is a dark maroon colour. The back of the back rest has an illustration of Roald Dahl's Big Friendly Giant
- The chair is foldable with hinges on each side of the seat.
- On the bottom of each leg is a white plastic floor glide.
- Object History
- Director's chair custom made for Jimmy by a colleague on the set of the BFG. A similar one was made for Steven Spielberg by the same colleague.
- Jimmy Chow worked in TV and film as a property master for more than 42 years. A property master is responsible for building and procuring props that actors handle and use. This sometimes means making replica items that are lighter, false or make filming easier on the actor. This differs from set decoration, which uses props to create a backdrop and is less central to the action on set.
- Jimmy Chow was responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, and Once a Thief.
- He entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver and gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Furniture - - Seating Furniture
- Object Term
- Chair, Director's
- Marks/Labels
- Front of backrest: JIMMY CHOW / Property Master Back of backrest: The BFG
- Measurements
- Height: 86 cm
- Width: 61 cm
- Depth: 44 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Furniture
- Names
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
Images
apothecary case
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91630
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.104
- Description
- Wood case covered in leather filled with various items including spoons, feathers, gauze, and paper packets.
- The case was assembled to act as an apothecary case for a movie.
- Object History
- This apothecary case was a prop used in the 1994 film "Little Women"
- For more information about the donor, see Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Furniture - - Storage & Display Furniture
- Object Term
- Chest
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
Images
