*Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal* explores the development of the city during the eighteenth century, when Montréal was a fortified town. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to consider the building of the eighteenth-century military and commercial town, the nucleus from which Montréal grew. The product of nearly fifteen years of research and(...)
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8 September 1992 to 28 February 1993
Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal
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*Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal* explores the development of the city during the eighteenth century, when Montréal was a fortified town. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to consider the building of the eighteenth-century military and commercial town, the nucleus from which Montréal grew. The product of nearly fifteen years of research and(...)
Main galleries
13 November 2021 to 1 May 2022
American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
24 April 2014 , 6pm
Artist’s Talk: Amie Siegel, Provenance
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
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160 pages ; 23 cm
London : Architectural Press, 1978.
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London : Architectural Press, 1978.
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xiii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
London : Sir Isaac Pitman, 1938.
Home ownership : a comprehensive guide for all intending to buy or build a modern house ; covering selection, locality, finance, liabilities, insurance, construction, planning, maintenance, decoration, and equipment / by Hubert B. Sully.
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xiii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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London : Sir Isaac Pitman, 1938.
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49 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
Toronto : Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 1994.
Ownership of books : an investigation into provenance.
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49 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm
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Toronto : Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 1994.
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16, 18 pages ; 22 cm
[Ottawa] : Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation = Société centrale d'hypothèques et de logement, 1976.
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[Ottawa] : Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation = Société centrale d'hypothèques et de logement, 1976.
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31 pages 22 cm
London J.M. Dent & Sons [1942]
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London J.M. Dent & Sons [1942]
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xviii, 230 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates, diagrams 24 cm
Washington, D.C., President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership [©1932]
Home ownership, income and types of dwellings; reports of the Committees on Home Ownership and Leasing, Ernest T. Trigg, chairman, Relationship of Income and the Home, Niles Carpenter, chairman, Types of Dwellings, John Ihlder, chairman; edited by John M. Gries and James Ford, assisted by James S. Taylor.
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xviii, 230 pages frontispiece, illustrations, plates, diagrams 24 cm
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Washington, D.C., President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership [©1932]
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68 pages : illustrations (some color)., 1 map ; 30 cm.
London : Greater London Council, [1970]
Car ownership in London / by Martin Mogridge and Derek Eldridge.
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68 pages : illustrations (some color)., 1 map ; 30 cm.
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London : Greater London Council, [1970]