Face board
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1888–1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0173.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- SAUNDER'S HOME
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD FRAME & BACKING/ PLASTER BACKGROUND & RAISED DECORATION (SEE DECORATION DETAILS)/ BRASS PLAQUE/ METAL SCREW-EYES & HANGING WIRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 166.5 cm
- Width
- 107.3 cm
- Height
- 10.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1888-1935
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
This board hung above the entry to the director's residence at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. The house was built to accommodate William Saunders, the first director of the CEF, and his family. The house was demolished to make way for a new administrative building, the William Saunders Building (Building No. 49), which was completed in 1935. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- `1888' ON BANNER AT TOP/ BRONZE PLAQUE FASTENED TO BOTTOM EDGE READS: `This carved wood decoration occupied/ a position over the entrance to the/ original Director's residence which stood/ on the site of this building from 1888 to 1935'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- FRAME WOOD PAINTED BLACK/ BACKGROUND PLASTER PAINTED BEIGE/ VINES, THISTLE PODS & GRAPE CLUSTER PLASTER PAINTED DARD BROWN/ LEAVES & THISTLE FRONDS PLASTER PAINTED DARK GREEN/ BANNER PLASTER PAINTED WHITE & GREY WITH DATE PAINTED GOLD/ CARTOUCHE PLASTER PAINTED WHITE & GREY (SCROLL-LIKESURROUND) & GOLD (OVAL LOZENGE AT CENTRE)
- Decoration
- MOLDED PROFILE ON FRAME/ SUBTLE BARK-LIKE RELIEF TO BACKGROUND/ RAISED CURVILINEAR DESIGN OF VINES & LEAVES THROUGHOUT (WITH GRAPE CLUSTERS IN TRIANGULAR PORTION AT TOP, & THISTLES IN RECTANGULAR PORTION BELOW)/ RAISED BANNER-LIKE MOTIF WITH DATE AT TOP CENTRE/ RAISED "CARTOUCHE" (SCROLL-LIKE SURROUND WITH CONVEX OVAL AT CENTRE) BELOW BANNER
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Unknown Manufacturer, Face board, between 1888–1935, Artifact no. 1990.0173, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0173.001/
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