Compact
https://archives.westvancouver.ca/link/historicalartifact1220
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Description
- Round black fabric covered compact. Closes with a zipper. Embroidered flower design on front centre with white fabric around the edge on black fabric. A mirror is attached to interior front is almost a circle in shape but is flattened at the bottom. The puff (b) is hte same shape as the mirror, th…
- Repository
- West Vancouver Art Museum
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Accession Number
- 2005.012.033.a-b
- Use - Country
- Canada
- Use - Province / Territory
- British Columbia
- Use - Municipality
- West Vancouver
- Narrative
- Possibly used by one of Beatrice or Gertrude Hodgson or Mariam (Maisie) Jack.
- Artifact Category
- Personal Artifacts: Toilet Article
- Description
- Round black fabric covered compact. Closes with a zipper. Embroidered flower design on front centre with white fabric around the edge on black fabric. A mirror is attached to interior front is almost a circle in shape but is flattened at the bottom. The puff (b) is hte same shape as the mirror, through slightly smaller in size. There is a thing layer of fabric which separates the powder fromt he rest and keeps it contained in the bottom. The black fabric cover is either silk or rayon.
- Width
- 8
- Length
- 9
- Depth
- 1.2
- Units
- cm
- Dimension Remarks
- a) above b) le = 6.5cm; wi = 5.5cm
- Material
- silk?
- cotton thread
- metal
- synthetic material
- paper
- powder
- glass
- Colour
- black
- pink
- green
- blue
- yellow
- silver
- Repository
- West Vancouver Art Museum