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

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