Handiworked laces of Fanny Calvert, 68 Queen St., Guelph, 1902-1910. 1902- 1917.

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Handiworked laces of Fanny Calvert, 68 Queen St., Guelph, 1902-1910. 1902- 1917.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/629756182

Includes Battenberg lace, tatting, crochet edgings, and Irish crochet. Also includes a handwritten list of accounts (1916-1917) for prizes won at fall fairs for her needlework items; articles with pictures of lace examples from "Ontario Showcase" (Sept. 1979), "City & Country Home" (Summer 1983), "Antiques Showcase" (Feb. 1988), Frederick Herrschner catalogue no. 10 (1910-1911).

1 box, 50 items.

University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library

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Guelph (Ont.)

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Adams, Annette

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Calvert, Fanny Colwill, 1848-1936.

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Colwill and Calvert Collection.

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W. Frye Colwill was the architect of many buildings and residences in Guelph including Torrance Public School (St. James Ward School), the city's Carnegie Library, and renovations to the Trader's Bank. His mother, Fanny Colwill Calvert, was a very active buisnesswoman in Guelph around the turn of the century. She also was a stonecarver, and has carved some of the fanciwork on Guelph and Galt buildings. Fanny Calvert exhibited her needlework at many fall fairs including Galt, Fergus, Elmira, Barr...

Colwill, Minnie.

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