<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The cover fabric for the back to an interior carriage seat? The back wouldn’t wear out as much as the seat.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Maurice Guibord</div><div class="">Société historique francophone d ela C.-B.</div><div class="">604-771-3047<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 10, 2020, at 1:05 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca" class="">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Could it be part of the regalia for a fraternal organization, akin to a Masonic apron?</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Good luck</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 9:54 AM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca" class="">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="m_4883258578532886722WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello!<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We’re hoping that someone can help us identify these items from our museum, (see attached photo). They came as part of a large collection but with no indication as to what they might be. They are old and very worn, with velvet on one side
and leather on the other. Both have a small round impression in the same corner – this can be seen at the top centre of the photo. The velvet doesn’t appear to have been regularly sat or stepped on, so we don’t think they are seat covers or some kind of mat/rug.
We’re stumped. Any ideas, museum pros?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sonia Nicholson<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Archivist<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">Saanich Pioneer Society<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><a href="mailto:saanichpioneersociety@outlook.com" target="_blank" class="">saanichpioneersociety@outlook.com</a>
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</blockquote></div></div>-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paul F. Crawford</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Director/Curator</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Penticton Art Gallery</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">199 Marina Way</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Penticton, B.C.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">V2A 1H5 Canada</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Phone: <a href="tel:%28250%29%20493-2928" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class=""><span style="" class="">(250) 493-2928</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Web: <a href="http://www.pentictonartgallery.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class=""><span style="" class="">www.pentictonartgallery.com</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></span></p><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples.</span> <br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div>
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