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| Title | The Iron age family | |
| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Weaver | Elizabeth Peacock | |
| Description | Sample board of weavings for the Iron Age family.. Scaled down textiles in wool and linen designed and made to clothe model figures in the Festival of Britain exhibition on the South Bank, London, 1951 | |
| Part Of Series | One of a set of three sample boards | |
| Id Number Current Accession | 2002.10.2 | |
| Location Creation Site | Ditchling, Sussex, UK | |
| Subject | woven textiles, sample board, textile sample board | |
| Measurements | 2.98 centimetres | |
| Material | wool and linen on cork | |
| History | The samples relate to cloths made as part of a commission for the Festival of Britain in 1951. The commission was for cloths used on four groups of half-size figures to illustrate the development of textiles in the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Saxon period. | |
| Rights Owner | Managed by the Crafts Study Centre. | |
| Style Period Period | 1950s | |
| Technique | hand-weaving | |
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