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| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Weaver | Rita Beales | |
| Description | Hand-woven dress or furnishing length of red hand-spun red linen with narrow weft stripes of brown and yellow linen, with fringed end. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | T.81.41 | |
| Subject | woven textiles, length, pattern | |
| Measurements | 178 x 70 centimetres | |
| Weave | monks belt | |
| Material | linen | |
| Dye | madder, cutch, weld | |
| Yarn | medium z singles | |
| Notes | Weight: 340 grams See Rita Beales book: Curtain Material. |
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| Rights Owner | Crafts Study Centre/Crafts Study Centre 2004 | |
| Style Period Period | 1970s | |
| Technique | hand-weaving | |
| Process | Sandringham flax. Warp: red (madder). Weft: red (madder), brown (cutch), yellow (weld). Monks belt: plain weave and 1/2 inch weft over-shot pattern stripes. 4 threads brown, 3 threads yellow, 4 threads brown separated by 6 picks of plain weave. Each complete pattern stripe separated by 1 inch of plain weave. Selvedge: 8/8 double ends 30 ends per inch 28-30 picks per inch | |
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