Details
Creator(s): Duxbury, Mabel (1924-2010)(Maker (individual))
Title: notebook
Date created: mid 20th-late 20th Century
Accession number: ITC 2017.257
Site Location(s): Created in - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.7965, -1.54785 )
Place of creation: Made in United Kingdom - Leeds
Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/jcl7w4p8
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/667713
Collection group(s): International Textile Collection
Description
A red notebook with written notes made by Mrs Mabel Duxbury on basketry and related skills. The notebook also includes loose notes on dyeing wool with natural materials. The notebook covers cane work (its uses and preparation), history of basketry making, and materials in cultures around the world. The notes include materials, tools and techniques used in basketry and how to stain the cane. The notes describe terminology with illustrations on methods of weaving. The methods cover 3 rod upsetting, 4 rod upsetting randing, pairing, chain pairing, chain waling, fitching and slewing. The notes on border edges of basketry cover simple scallop or open border, trac border single stake and trac border double stakes. The basketry notes finishes with handles for baskets. The dye notes include a table of dye plants with different mordants and their colour results. The added notes include hand spinning, weaving, tablet braid weaving, printing on fabrics, including batik. The loose notes cover
leather work, leather staining, clay work, cement work, pottery and canvas. The notebook is an excercise book from West Leeds High School.
Physical characteristics
Category: Textile
Technique: Manuscript
Medium: paper; card
Object: width 18.8cm height 23.5cm
Features
Maiden name and address, and 'French Mathematics, Geometry'
Accession details
Accession number: ITC 2017.257
Accession date: 01/11/2017
Source: Gift; Duxbury, Mabel
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