University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
69/2
Description
Bundle of freswater rush is of the sort used for chairs, baskets and matting. Imported from the Netherlands because of a shortage in England.
This bundle of Dutch freswater rush is of the sort used for chairs, baskets and matting. It was imported from the Netherlands because of a shortage of rush in England.
Physical description
sample of rush
Production place
Netherlands
Production date
1969
Object name
, Sample
Material
Plant fibre, rush
Associated subject
CRAFTS : wood-working
Basketry