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Key to weaving : a textbook of hand-weaving techniques and pattern drafts for the beginning weaver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1044
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Black, Mary E.
- Publication Date
- c1949
- Call Number
- 746.1 BLA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 746.1 BLA
- Author
- Black, Mary E.
- Place of Publication
- Milwaukee
- Publisher
- Bruce Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- c1949
- Physical Description
- xi, 324 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Weaving
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-311) and index.
Weaving and Learning through Art
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15668
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 11 May 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (76 min., 47 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "Weaving and Learning through Art" and is presented by Nicole Preissl, Explorative Designer of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Stó:lō decent. The Zoom webinar is the f…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (76 min., 47 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Material Details
- Presenter: Nicole Preissl
- Host: Kate Petrusa
- Date of Presentation: Tuesday, May 11, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
- Total Number of tracks: 1
- Total Length of all tracks: min., sec.
- Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
- Recording Note: Film was edited from it's original recorded version (90 min., 05 sec.) to edited version (76 min., 47 sec.) for public viewing on Heritage Burnaby.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "Weaving and Learning through Art" and is presented by Nicole Preissl, Explorative Designer of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Stó:lō decent. The Zoom webinar is the fifth in a series of six "Neighbourhood Speaker series" webinars exploring a range of topics shared by Indigenous speakers and knowledge keepers that were presented and made available to the public between April 27 and May 12, 2021. The live webinar was also made available on the Burnaby Village Museum's facebook page. Community members were invited to participate by bringing questions during the interactive online session. Nicole supports her presentation with slides and provides a hands on demonstration on weaving. Prior to the webinar, participants were offered materials that were prepared and made available from Burnaby Village Museum. In this interactive webinar, Nicole Preissl, explores the importance of plants within Coast Salish culture and demonstrates the traditional technique of rope-making. In the first part of her presentation, Nicole provides examples of indigenous plants and trees that grow in British Columbia and shares information on thier historical and cultural significance, medicinal and edible properties and how to identify them. Nicole also shares her own experiences and appreciation for natural materials and provides examples of her artwork. In the second half of Nicole's presentation participants are invited to join her demonstration in learning basic weaving techniques. Nicole provides two hands-on demonstrations to follow, one with yarn and one with iris leaves. During and follwing the presentation, Nicole Preissl takes questions from the audience that are moderated by the host, Kate Petrusa.
- History
- Nicole Preissl is an explorative designer who uses natural materials to influence her work. From both Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Stó:lō decent, she began introducing traditional artistic customs into her practice as a means of connecting to her culture. In her art practice she uses natural fibres and materials to create textile based designs. Her areas of interest are natural plant dyes, weaving Coast Salish style garments and using raw hide to create thought provoking design pieces.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Social life and customs
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Art
- Plants
- Plants - Flowers
- Plants - Trees
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Baskets
- Indigenous peoples - Implements
- Indigenous peoples - Clothing
- Responsibility
- Petrusa, Kate
- Accession Code
- BV021.17.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 11 May 2021
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on content of video recording
Images
Video
Weaving and Learning through Art, 11 May 2021
Weaving and Learning through Art, 11 May 2021
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2021_0017_0005_002.mp4McCall's needlework & crafts : fall-winter 1959-60
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3861
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Publication Date
- 1960
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV004.73.4
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Contributor
- Comstock, Nanina, 1908-
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McCall Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1960
- Inscription
- Needlework and Crafts / Fall-Winter 1959-60
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework
- Handicraft
- Crocheting
- Knitting
- Sewing
- Rugs
- Weaving
- Woodwork
- Object History
- Belonged to donor
- Notes
- "Nanina Comstock, Editor-in-Chief" -- title page.
- "Canadian section, page 80-1" -- cover.
- "50 " -- cover.
- "Published every January and July by McCall Corporation" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Images
McCall's needlework & crafts : spring-summer 1958
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV004.73.3
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McCall Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Inscription
- Needlework and Crafts / Spring-Summer 1958
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework
- Handicraft
- Crocheting
- Knitting
- Sewing
- Rugs
- Weaving
- Woodwork
- Object History
- Belonged to donor
- Notes
- "Nanina Comstock, Editor-in-Chief" -- title page.
- "Canadian section, page 80-1" -- cover.
- "50 " -- title page.
- "Published every January and July by McCall Corporation" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Images
McCall's needlework & crafts : spring-summer 1959
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3862
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Publication Date
- 1959
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV004.73.5
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McCall Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 112 p. : ill. : 35 cm.
- Inscription
- Needlework and Crafts / Spring-Summer 1959"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework
- Handicraft
- Crocheting
- Knitting
- Sewing
- Rugs
- Weaving
- Woodwork
- Notes
- "Nanina Comstock, Editor-in-Chief" -- title page.
- "Canadian section, page 80-1" -- cover.
- "50 " -- cover.
- "Published every January and July by McCall Corporation" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Images
McCall's needlework & crafts : spring-summer 1963
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3859
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Publication Date
- 1963
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV004.73.2
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McCall Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1963
- Inscription
- Needlework and Crafts / Spring-Summer 1963
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework
- Handicraft
- Crocheting
- Knitting
- Sewing
- Rugs
- Weaving
- Woodwork
- Object History
- Belonged to donor
- Notes
- "Nanina Comstock, Editor-in-Chief" -- title page.
- "Canadian edition -- cover.
- 75 cents -- cover.
- "Published every January and July by McCall Corporation" -- Title page
- Includes index.
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Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- First
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Call Number
- 971.100497 BVM
almost
completely covered by cranberry marsh, dissected
by several trout-bearing creeks. Cattails, used for
weaving mats, were harvested in these marshland
areas, as were muskrats—animals commonly
trapped by hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people
for their meat and fur.
Cranberries, as a source
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.64.1
- Call Number
- 971.100497 BVM
- Edition
- First
- Contributor
- Kwantlen First Nation
- Sḵwx̱wú7mesh First Nation
- Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
- ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--History
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Languages
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Societies, etc.
- Name Access
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Object History
- 2019 version of working document developed by Burnaby Village Museum in collaboration with a number of First Nations partners over the course of several years. We recognize that Burnaby falls within the shared, ancestral and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking people. We equally respect each of the Nations who share territory in Burnaby, and invite and welcome their ongoing participation in developing the contents of the Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide.
Images
Digital Books
McCall's needlework treasury : a learn & make book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5588
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 746.4 MCC
- Contributor
- Editors of McCall's Needlework & Crafts magazine
- Place of Publication
- New York ; Toronto
- Publisher
- Random House
- McCall's
- Publication Date
- c1964
- Physical Description
- 390 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework
- Fancy work
- Notes
- Includes index
- embroidery, knitting, quilts, rugs, crochet, tatting, and hand loom weaving
Neighbourhood Speaker Series - Spring 2021 subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15663
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 6 video recordings (mp4)
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of six webinars created in the Spring of 2021 that were presented on Zoom and the Burnaby Village Museum’s facebook page between April 27 and May 12, 2021. The webinars are hosted by Burnaby Village Museum in partnership with Burnaby Public Library. Burnaby Village Museum curator…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 6 video recordings (mp4)
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of six webinars created in the Spring of 2021 that were presented on Zoom and the Burnaby Village Museum’s facebook page between April 27 and May 12, 2021. The webinars are hosted by Burnaby Village Museum in partnership with Burnaby Public Library. Burnaby Village Museum curator, Jane Lemke; assistant curator, Kate Petrusa and Adrian Avendaño, Stewardship Program Manager with Still Moon Arts Society acted as hosts for the webinars. The series explores a range of topics shared by Indigenous speakers and knowledge keepers. Community members were invited to participate by bringing questions during the interactive online sessions. Webinars: 1) Bringing Visibility to the Land: A Tsleil-Waututh Perspective on Community Building presented by Michelle George 2) Traditional, Ancestral & Unceded: A Conversation on Territorial Acknowledgement presented by Fancy Poitras and Rebekah Mahaffey 3) The Legend of Deer Lake and Indigenous Histories of Burnaby presented by John Preissl 4) Creating Visibility in Wood Working presented by Xwalacktun 5) Weaving and Learning Through Art presented by Nicole Preissl 6) Are We Really Changing? Reflections on Reconciliation presented by Brandon Gabriel
- Accession Code
- BV021.17
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 2021
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Item level descriptions of webinars will be processed as they become available
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
day dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact27225
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.89.83
- Description
- Day dress, c. 1919. White cotton buratto lace. Mid-calf length, round neck, quarter length sleeves. This dress echoes the 1910s with its lace, natural waistline, and slightly poufed front; however, it also looks toward the 1920s with its straight cut and minimal shaping. The bodice has a row of embroidery going vertically down each side front. There is a scalloped closure on left front, which opens with a double row of snaps. On the bodice back, the two embroidery panels come together in a stepped V pattern, and the rest of the back is embroidered. Shaping in the bodice comes from side seams that angle toward the side back, creating more volume in the bodice front. The shoulder seams are also cut further back instead of sitting right on top of the shoulder. Each sleeve extends out of the bodice in kimono style, banded at the upper arm with a band of thicker weave and heavier weight white cotton fabric. Beneath this, the waistband pattern can be seen again: a band of embroidery bordered by lace. At the bottom of each sleeve there is one more band of lace. The waistline comes straight down from the square bodice; it consists of an embroidered panel bordered horizontally by two bands of lace. The bottom lace band is reinforced by a cotton tape on the inside. Gathered at the waist, the skirt has no other shaping. It is unadorned for the first two thirds, and then embroidery gradually reaches a scalloped lace hem. The dress is made almost entirely of buratto lace, which uses a foundation of twined weave fabric with the threads uniformly loose to produce a net-like base for embroidery. It is machine sewn, mainly with french seams, and unlined.
- Object History
- Note on Gift Form reads: "All clothing had belonged to Mrs. Burdick".
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
Images
Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1179
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282877
- Call Number
- 971.1 PRI COPY 1
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby, Community Heritage Commission
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- iv, 92 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "To Burnaby Village Museum / Harry Pride", handwritten in ink on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Moore family
- Hart House (Burnaby, B.C.)--History
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Pioneers
- Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87) and index.
- Signed by the author.
- 2 copies held : copy 1.
Digital Books
basket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84019
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV014.9.1
- Description
- This basket is woven using the wrapped twining method and is made of swamp grass. The designs were made using aniline dyes and are badly faded; original colours still visible on the inside of lid and basket. The weave on this basket is very finely done. The basket and lid are decorated with bird motifs. Originally birds were yellow on a purple background. The lid has a drop edge that fits over a lip around the top edge of the basket. It is decorated in concentric circles with a dark spot in the centre. The spot includes black as well as the wine colour. The outside is faded to a light brown colour. Nuu-chah-nulth
- Object History
- The basket was acquired in Victoria in the 1930s before the family moved to Vancouver.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Culture
- Nuu-Chah-Nulth
Images
Documents
basket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84020
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV014.9.2
- Description
- Basket with red cedar bark base and warps and swamp grass wefts. The base is done in checker weave, while the walls and lid are done using wrapped twining. The base of the basket is secured with two strand twining and then the warps were split and smaller rows of two strand twining follow. The edge of the base is distinguished by one row of three strand twining, which creates a noticeable break in the pattern, before the wrapped twining begins for the walls. Designs, consisting of horizontal stripes, were made using analine dyes, which are extremely light sensitive. Colours are preserved on inside of basket, where light exposure has been much lower. Originally red and black stripes. Nuu-chah-nulth
- Object History
- The basket was acquired in Victoria in the 1930s before the family moved to Vancouver.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Culture
- Nuu-Chah-Nulth
Images
Documents
blouse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23083
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.188.2
- Description
- Blouse, circa 1900. Black cotton sateen (twill weave); long sleeves slightly puffed at shoulders; three large decorative buttons down centre front; button cuffs; collar band has button holes for button on collar; horizontal tucks decorate sleeves; vertical tucks decorate front and back; fullness at waist is gathered in on short bands on inside of blouse giving pouter pigeon front; bottom edge has been serged, also armholes; white lace has been tacked to neck edge.
- Object History
- Item is factory-made, possibly sold by catalogue.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
Images
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
comb basket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29797
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.69.4
- Description
- Rectangular shaped coiled cedar root basket with cedar slat foundations and triangular shaped posterior wall that is higher than the other three. There is a small opening at the top of this wall to allow the basket to be hung.
- Designs are done in black dyed cherry bark. Beaded designs are made by laying decorative materials flat over the surface of the coils, and securing them in place with alternating stitches of the cedar root.
- Coast Salish: Tsleil-Waututh?
- Object History
- A comb basket that was created for sale or trade. The chevron shaped designs are associated with flying geese, and are also used for knitting and weavings. The designs at the top of the basket, above the opening, are called cluster of flies. These designs are common amongst the Coast Salish. There are spaces where the foundation materials show, rows are not even width, the beaded designs are irregular. These are often traits associated with learning.
- Measurements
- Wth. 3 1/2 inches X Lth. 8 1/4 inches
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- School/Style
- Coast Salish
- Culture
- Tsleil-Waututh
Images
Documents
dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11587
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3492.1
- Description
- Sun dress, c.1930. White cotton with embroidery on bodice and around bottom of skirt. Three quarter length sleeves, loose open back. Full calf length skirt. The open weave cotton material has embroidery in the art deco style. The bodice is hand sewn together along the embroidery lines, with a round neckline and a back that drapes open in a low hanging V shape. The sleeves have more of the same embroidery at the cuffs. The back closure, just to the right of the centre, begins with an overlapping snap and two hooks and eyes at the waist. It continues with hooks and eyes to below the waist. The skirt is machine sewn from one panel, heavily gathered all around the waist except for a section in the centre back. It continues until it reaches calf length, and ends with embroidery at the hem.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
Images
dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37858
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.20.519
- Description
- Dress, c.1920-1925. Brown crepe with false ivory taffeta undershirt and scarf. Long sleeves, pleated fringe, celluloid buttons, slightly flared calf length skirt. The dress has a low rounded V neck with a collar that extends around the bottom with a pleated edge sewn on. Underneath the collar there is a panel of ivory fabric with two sashes that hang to the waist, tied at the bottom of the V neck. The panel is tacked on underneath the neckline. The sleeves have two small pleats at the sleeves. The ends are finished with a bias binding and placket, closed by snap fasteners. At the waistline there is a wide band that extends around the front and back of the dress. On the front left there are two vertical pleated scalloped bands on the left. To the left of each scallop is a gold and silver coloured celluloid button with a basket weave pattern on it. Beneath the band at the waist there is a slightly flared skirt. It opens on the left front side, under lapped by itself from the other side and tacked in place. The skirt ends at calf length, finished with a small double fold hem. On the right sleeve cuff, there is a label that reads: `Style', `Cloth', `11763', `Size...42', `Operator... CGG', `Remarks', `89', `Finisher...26', `E'; "Deckelbaum Inc. Montreal." The seams are left unfinished.
- Object History
- This dress was part of a collection of dresses acquired from a dry goods store in the Okanagan. The dresses were mainly "new" old stock from the 1920s, from two Rand’s Dry Goods stores in Penticton and Summerland, B.C. The stores closed down in 1930. The dresses are estimated to date from circa 1925 to 1930.
- Maker
- Deckelbaum Incorporated
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
Images
dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact46504
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.17.8
- Description
- Dress, c.1958-1961. White cotton floral brocade on an open weave background. Princess cut sleeveless knee length shift dress. The neckline is round, and higher in the back. The dress is made in three pieces for the front in a princess cut, and one in the back. It has a very slight shaping, in at the hem, over the hips, and out to the hem. It is unlined and finished with a serger and a blind stitched hem. The neckline and armholes have a self facing. There are no closures.
- Object History
- Worn by Barrie Geosits to teach grade one (1955-1961) at North Vancouver Elementary in late 1950 or early 1960. Teachers were not allowed to wear sleeveless clothing so Barrie wore it with a jacket or sweater, and stockings. Barrie Geosits is the daughter of Edward and Edith Fountain. Edward and Edith Fountain purchased a home in the Deer Lake area in 1951 at 6661 Russel Avenue, Burnaby. The house was also know as Moorcroft, and was purchased from the builder, Arthur Moore. Edward Fountain was the first City of Burnaby License Inspector in 1949, in 1952 he became the Personnel Director, when he retired in 1970 his position was Assistant Manager. Edward and Edith, who loved to dance, attended many social events, parties and balls due to Edward's positions within the City of Burnaby.
- Marks/Labels
- "Intimates (logo) / MADE IN CANADA (small)", embroidered onto label on inside of dress
- Country Made
- Canada
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Outerwear
- Names
- Geosits, Barrie