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| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Weaver | Elizabeth Peacock | |
| Description | Hand-woven length for a dress, trial, made from natural, hand-spun Southdown wool. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | T.74.158 | |
| Location Creation Site | Clayton, Sussex, UK | |
| Subject | woven textiles, length | |
| Measurements | 190.5 x 43.15 centimetres | |
| Weave | plain | |
| Material | Southdown wool | |
| History | Trial length discarded as unsatisfactory. Experiment in spinning merino to produce a 'dry feeling' cloth. This idea pursued to final satisfaction, but no sample extant. | |
| Relation Exhibition | Exhibit No.31 in ´Weaving by Elizabeth Peacock´, Crafts Study Centre, 1978. | |
| Rights Owner | Managed by the Crafts Study Centre. | |
| Style Period Period | 1950s | |
| Technique | hand-weaving | |
| Process | Warp and weft: hand-spun white Southdown wool. Every 5th and 6th end run together. | |
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