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La Terrine du SEIGNEUR DE ROUVILLE
Article by René Villeneuve
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Le 7 décembre 2015, la communauté des arts décoratifs canadiens était fébrile car ce soir-là, une pièce capitale était offerte aux enchères chez Waddington’s,...
The Clarion Call of the CALLIOPE
Article by Noelle Grosse and Ruth Bitner
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HERE’S NOTHING LIKE THE SOUND of a calliope to lend a festive air to a parade. For the parade-goers of Saskatchewan,...
CURIOUSER and CURIOUSER
Article by Esther E. Shipman
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EW THINGS INTRIGUE, DELIGHT, AND MYSTIFY like a treasure box that requires some effort and ingenuity to unlock its secrets. Imagine ninety-six compartments...
“ESKIMO IDENTIFICATION TAGS”
Article by John Fleming
in Arctic Canada
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RECENT EXHIBITION at Feheley Fine Arts in Toronto featuring works by Inuit artist and photographer Barry Pottle sheds light on...
WEST COAST IDENTITY
Article by Sarah Carter
A Contemporary Cabinet of Curiosities
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ABINETS OF CURIOSITIES, odd collections of natural specimens and cultural artifacts, have long appealed to scholars interested in the history...
L’ ÉCOLE NATIONALE du MEUBLE et de L’ÉBÉNISTERIE de VICTORIAVILLE
Article by Jean-Pierre Plessix
The Social and Architectural Restoration of Galt’s Old Post Office
1963–1965
Le projet d’une école spécialisée en fabrication de meubles en série prend forme...
TABLE TALK
Article by Leopold Kowolik
A Cabinet as Sculpture and Object
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N THE THIRD QUARTER of the twentieth century, the historic question of object and sculpture was reaching an apex....
Chalk LINES
Article by Lorraine Johnson
The Social and Architectural Restoration of Galt’s Old Post Office
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LASSROOM NOTES written on a school chalkboard are intended, by nature and by material, for...
SHARDS of IDENTITY
Article by Lorraine Flanigan
Piecing Together Domestic Fragments
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HE YEAR WAS 1697, and Pierre le Moyne d’Iberville led his French soldiers to Carbonear, one of the oldest settlements in...