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| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Weaver | Elizabeth Peacock | |
| Description | Hand-woven length made from hand-spun eri silk with weft stripes in dark brown, fawn, deep pink and natural. The length has a limp granular texture. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | T.74.8 | |
| Location Creation Site | Weavers, Clayton, Sussex, UK | |
| Subject | woven textiles, length, pattern | |
| Measurements | 208.2 x 73.7 centimetres | |
| Weave | plain | |
| Material | eri silk | |
| Dye | cochineal | |
| History | Bought by Dorothy Larcher and worn by her, over a number of years, as a pleated skirt. | |
| Relation Exhibition | Foyer of Surrey Institute of Art & Design, 8th February to 26th March, 2001 Exhibit number 28 in ´Weaving by Elizabeth Peacock´ at Craft Study Centre, 1978 Crafts Study Centre opening exhibition, June 1977, exhibit number 26 | |
| Rights Owner | Managed by the Crafts Study Centre. | |
| Style Period Period | 1930s | |
| Technique | hand-weaving | |
| Process | Warp: dark brown eri silk. Weft stripes: 1.2 centimetre wide deep pink (cochineal) stripes with cream lines bordered by brown stripes, which divide a 2.5 wide natural and brown band from a 2.5 centimetre wide cream band, which is shaded to a centimetre line of 2 picks dark brown. 24 ends per inch 40 picks per inch | |
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