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| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Weaver | Rita Beales | |
| Description | Hand-woven serviette made with hand-spun natural and yellow linen, with inlay motif. | |
| Part Of Series | One of a set of six serviettes and a tablecloth | |
| Id Number Current Accession | T.74.42.a | |
| Subject | woven textiles, serviette | |
| Measurements | 41 x 41 centimetres | |
| Weave | plain | |
| Material | linen | |
| History | Made especially for Elizabeth Watt. | |
| Notes | Weight: 44 gms. | |
| Rights Owner | Crafts Study Centre/Crafts Study Centre 2004 | |
| Style Period Period | 1950s | |
| Technique | hand-weaving | |
| Process | Warp: natural and grey linen. Weft: yellow (possibly fustic) and pale grey in border. Selv: 4/5 double ends. 32 e.p.i. 28 p.p.i Weave: plain border stripes of grey (possibly dew-retted Sandringham flax) and natural linen. Echoing stripes in weft, lighter grey. Inlay motif in natural yarn in left hand bottom corner: three squares in a tripod pattern | |
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