Object number
96/116
Description
A piece of loosely-woven cream-coloured cloth with a paste resist design of lines and ovals. Paste resist is a technique used in dying cloth, and this sample was used by the donor's father, Michael O'Connell (1898-1976), to demonstrate the technique.
Physical description
1 paste resist sample: cloth; paste; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten accession form’ (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Standard museum name: SAMPLE OF PASTE RESIST // Accession number: 96/116 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 2.7.97 // Description: A piece of loosely woven cloth of a cream colour which had a resist paste on it in lines and ovals to mark out a pattern. // Dimensions: Approx: 2 metres long and 56 cm wide. // Associated information: This piece of cloth came from Michael O’Connell [Seamus’s father]. It was used to demonstrate the paste resist technique for dying cloth // See Wall Hanging 63/18/1–10 // References: Article about Michael O’Connell’
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External document
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