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Log Cabin Quilts
January 22, 2020
The Log Cabin pattern is a great example of shared cultural experiences expressed through symbolism within quilting patterns. There are many pattern variations, each with ...
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The Swords of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Sproat
January 22, 2020
This sword is one of two housed within the collection of the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre, that belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Sproat, ...
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First World War Signature Quilts
January 22, 2020
The outbreak of the First World War saw many of Bruce County’s able-bodied men off to the battlefields of Europe. Back on the home front, ...
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Early Furniture Makers
January 22, 2020
Bruce County is well known for its commercial furniture manufacturers. Operating just before the rise of the great furniture factories, were several skilled furniture makers. ...
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Ecclesiastical Furniture
January 22, 2020
The chair featured above is part of a set that includes a pulpit, that was made for the Knox Presbyterian Church in Lion’s Head, who ...
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Hair Art and Jewellery
January 21, 2020
The Victorian Age was one of sentimentality; due to the historical symbolism and associations of hair to intimacy, devotion, love, and esteem, hair was chosen ...
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33 Victoria Street North (in the town of Saugeen Shores) Southampton, ON Canada N0H 2L0
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