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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1941
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2017.0127.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- Towel Holder
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- An artifact made of ceramic elements/Un objet fait avec du matériel en céramique.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.5 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 12.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Toilet article
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- Used by Binney Albert Parsons and his wife Eleanor Fraser, along with their children between 1941-2005.
- Canada
-
The sanitary appliance industry decided to offer coloured products starting in 1926. The colour red appeared around 1930 and Canadian sanitary manufacturers offered six different colours including this one which is known as T’ang red. The manufacturing company named Standard Sanitary & Dominion Radiator, Limited who made these coloured appliances changed its name to American-Standard in 1948. In Canada, the name became American-Standard Products (Canada) Limited with the last factory closing in 2015 in Winnipeg. This artifact embodies a time when the only 61% of Canadians had access to running water. According to Statistics Canada, 56% of Canadians had a flushable toilet and only 45% had a shower or a bath. L'industrie des appareils sanitaires réussit à rejoindre les autres industries en offrant des produits colorés à compter de 1926 et le rouge apparut vers 1930 et l'usine canadienne proposais six options comme couleur incluant le rouge T'ang. La couleur des objets, de couleur rouge nommé T'ang Red, fabrique par une compagnie canadienne nommée Standard Sanitary&Dominion Radiator, Limited. En 1948 la firme prise le nom d'American-Standard. Au Canada, le nom devint American-Standard Products (Canada) Limited. La dernière usine au Canada, celle de Winnipeg, ferma en 2015. L'usage d'une toilette et d'un bain et/ou douche et même l'accès à l'eau courante n'était pas encore généralisé même en 1941. Selon Statistiques Canada, en 1941, 56% des habitations au Canada avaient une toilette à chasse, 45% un bain ou une douche et 61% l'eau courante. - Function
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Inserted into a wall in order to help support bath and hand towels as they dry with the help of a rod. Inséré dans un mur pour aider a supporté des serviettes de bain ou de main et aide a pour les faire sécher avec l'aide d'une tige. - Technical
-
This holder is used to help suspend and dry bath or hand towels. It functions by allowing the entire surface of a textile to be surrounded by air to encourage even and quicker drying Se porte-serviette est utilisé pour suspendre et sécher des serviettes à main ou de bain. Il fonctionne en permettant la surface en entier de la serviette d'être exposé à l'air pour encourager un séchage égal et plus rapide. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None apparent/L'objet n'a pas de marque.
- Missing
- The rod between both holders.
- Finish
- A red Tang couloured ceramic holder. It has a rectangualar base and a hole for a fitted rod. Une porte-serviette de couleur Tang rouge fait avec du matériel en céramique. Il y a une base rectangulaire avec un trou pour une tige.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Holder, circa 1941, Artifact no. 2017.0127, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2017.0127.002/
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