Object Record
Metadata
Accession # |
2023.16.1.04 |
Item Name |
Armoire |
Description |
Wooden armoire with detachable mirror and brackets. The armoire (.01) is rectangular, dark stained wood, with rounded corners and a door on the front. The top edge extends out slightly, is bevelled and painted a faint light blue colour. The hinges and handles also show remnants of being painted a light blue colour. The armoire sits low to the ground, with two straight legs on the back corners and tapered and curved legs at the front. Along the bottom edge is a carved filagree detail. The door has a sunken/inset section in the middle, with a curved top. This section of the door has a carved filagree detail near the top that extends down the first third (1 /3) of the door into a pointed shape. The handle sits on the proper left of the door, is brass, curves out and there is a keyhole on top. Only the inside of the door is stained (dark) and the top, bottom and sides remain unfinished. Attached to the top middle, on the inside is a device that folds into itself and can be pulled out, it holds the clothing rack. There are three separate sections that are each cut and jointed together to fit flat into the armoire or can be extended out. There is a rounded curved and tapered handle attached to the bottom to pull it out and a thick circular metal bar that sits in the middle. A label painted onto the front of this section (gold background with black text) reads "Weir Wardrobe Co. Of Canada, Limited, Manufacturers, Mount Forest, Patented, July 14, 1903, Patent No. 81{missing} 4 {missing}. In the middle is a colourful Canadian Coat of Arms. The back of the armoire is plain, unfinished and slatted. Handwritten in black chalk near the top "#10" or "#16". The mirror (.02) sits on top of the armoire and is attached with two separate wood brackets that can be screwed to the back and fit into the top. The mirror is small, in the shape of a rectangular shield (rounded on top and sides with a pointed bottom in the middle). It sits in a dark stained wooden frame that follows the same shape. The back is covered with unfinished wood. The front of the mirror glass is bevelled around the edge. There is one piece of hardware on one side that is a screw and C shaped clamp. The brackets (.03 right and .04 left) are identical, but very clearly sit in either the right or left position on the armoire to properly hold the mirror in place. Both are curved with a flat straight bottom that extends out to sit flat onto the top of the armoire. Along the bottom is a carved filigree detail. There is a separate second piece of unfinished rectangular wood attached to the bottom of each bracket at an angle (this attaches to the back of the armoire). The left bracket (.04) has the same piece of hardware that is attached to the mirror, a screw with a C shaped clamp. .01 - Armoire .02 - Mirror .03 - Right bracket .04 - Left bracket |
Date |
During |
Provenance |
Purchased by John and Ethel McGibbon in 1923 when they got married. It was bought new in Camrose, Alberta or Richard, Saskatchewan. John and Ethel are the maternal grandparents of David Stephenson (wife Carol Stephenson). It was shipped on the train when the Bank of Commerce moved John McGibbon to Toronto in circa 1928. |
Person \ Organization |
McGibbon, Ethel McGibbon, John Weir Wardrobe Company |
Place |
Alberta Mount Forest Saskatchewan Toronto |
Year Range from |
1903 |
Year Range to |
1923 |