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| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Weaver | Ethel Mairetīs Workshop | |
| Description | Hand-woven jacket, thick hand-spun, white wool, and fine white cotton weft, black and white machine-spun cotton warp, plain weave, spaced reeding. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | T.74.11 | |
| Location Creation Site | Ditchling, Sussex, UK | |
| Subject | woven textiles, jacket, costume | |
| Measurements | 54 centimetres | |
| Material | wool | |
| Other Materials | cotton | |
| History | The material for the jacket was bought in 1939. The lining was supplied by Edith Soloman. Ethel Mairet's dressmaker made-up the jacket. | |
| Rights Owner | Managed by the Crafts Study Centre. | |
| Style Period Period | 1930s | |
| Technique | hand-weaving | |
| Process | Warp: white cotton. Weft: thick, loosely spun, white wool and black cotton thread. 32 ends per inch 10 picks per inch | |