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| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Weaver | Alice Hindson | |
| Description | Small rectangular bag, drawloom-woven silk in a weft pattern of plant stems and diamond motifs in natural and buff, hand-stitched construction, tasselled drawstring and purple silk lining. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | 2003.5 | |
| Location Creation Site | Brockenhurst, Hampshire, UK | |
| Subject | woven textiles, bag, plants | |
| Measurements | 17.8 x 16.5 centimetres | |
| Material | silk | |
| History | A sample of the woven material used for this bag is included, with notes, in Alice Hindson's blue scrapbook of her work on a drawloom. | |
| Rights Owner | Managed by the Crafts Study Centre. | |
| Style Period Period | 1940s - 50s | |
| Technique | drawloom weaving | |
| Process | Weft pattern loom. Ground warp lifting in twos. 60 threads to inch. Binder warp 4 headle twill, 60 simple cards. | |
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