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| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Weaver | Rita Beales | |
| Description | Hand-woven length, with warp stripes, made from hand-spun wool in natural black, grey and white, and vegetable-dyed wool in red, light brown, and gold. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | T.78.1 | |
| Location Creation Site | Painswick, Gloucestershire, UK | |
| Subject | woven textiles, length, pattern | |
| Measurements | 542 x 70.5 centimetres | |
| Weave | plain | |
| Material | wool | |
| Dye | madder, fustic, alum, chrome | |
| Rights Owner | Crafts Study Centre/Crafts Study Centre 2004 | |
| Style Period Period | 1970s | |
| Technique | hand-weaving | |
| Process | The vegetable dyed wools are dyed in the hank. The natural colours are spun random so that the stripe sequence changes all through the length of the cloth. Warp: Z twist hand-spun red wool (mordant alum, dye madder), light brown (mordant chrome, dye fustic), natural black, grey and white. Weft: Z twist hand-spun gold wool (mordant chrome, dye fustic). 18 ends per inch 10 picks per inch | |