Fibre Sample Folder – Digital Collections

Date

1944-1982

Collection

Barbara Sawyer Archive

Creator(s)

Barbara Sawyer

Code

BSY/2/2/1/6

Catalogue link

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License

Creative Commons

Ring bound folder containing 25 pages of fibre samples in various forms.

Materials include cotton, rayon, silk, viscose, acetate, nylon, spun glass alginate, cellophane, jute, ramie and chenille. Some pages are annotated with 'Ditchling' and the dates 1944 or 1945 indicating they were made by Barbara Sawyer as a student. However, there are also two pages of later interventions by Sawyer. In the back of the folder is a number of loose documents dated from 1981-1982 which relate to wool production and manufacturing.

Barbara Sawyer Textile Textile fibres (natural) Textile fibres (synthetic) Teaching materials University lecturers Wool industry

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