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weave sample
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weave sample

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

A long sample of commercial weaving in peach, with a repeat stylised flower motif in an art deco style. The warp is in purple and green, the weft includes cream. Made by Mary Barker MBE, the first f...

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geometric weave sample
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geometric weave sample

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

A sample of commercial weaving in two colourways of mauve and pale yellow, with a repeat stylised design of butterflies within geometric cartouches in an art deco style. The warp is in tan. Made by ...

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colourway sample
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colourway sample

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

A woven sample with two different colourways, with burgundy warp and a mix of yellow and blue weft, with a different weft colour dominant in each colourway. The geometric repeated design appears to b...

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weave sample with crane design
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weave sample with crane design

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

A sample of commercial weaving associated with the pointpaper design 2017.22.4, showing stylised cranes with a Japanese / art nouveau influence. This weave is in royal blue and cream over a green war...

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weave sample
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weave sample

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

1926-1999

A small weave sample in white, light blue and burgundy, with a striped design moving diagonally across the centre of the piece and wider striped borders. The centre is plain weave and the borders have...

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Sirens [hanging]
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Sirens [hanging]

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

late 20th Century

A handwoven hanging entitled 'Sirens' depicting four female heads in blues and turquoises, with red lips and loose wool and clear plastic strip hair. The facial features are stylised. There are eigh...

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strip hanging
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strip hanging

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

1926-1999

A handwoven hanging woven in 15 vertical stips, of approximately 1.5cms width, which cross and merge, in browns, grey, cream and purples. There are two hanging loops at the top. This was made by Mar...

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woven panel
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woven panel

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

mid 20th-20th Century

A long loosely woven panel in beige with a decorative white warp stripe and hemmed weft edges. The white warp stripes are twisted at different intervals to make diamond motifs that form a larger geom...

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woven panel with flowers
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woven panel with flowers

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

20th Century

An oblong handwoven panel with fringing with a khaki and white warp and a khaki weft in the top third and a grey and pale blue weft in the bottom two thirds. There are four sporadic supplementary wef...

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woven panel
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woven panel

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

early 20th-20th Century

A turquoise hanging panel with hemmed top and bottom, with an image of mountains, clouds and water in supplementary weft in greens, browns and beige in different thicknesses. The warp is in a blue, t...

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ikat style weave
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ikat style weave

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

mid 20th-20th Century

A long cream weave with fringing divided into three sections showing a red butterfly, green wave type motif and a yellow iris. Thwo of the sections are woven with a gold lurex type weft, with a silve...

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weave sample
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weave sample

Barker, Mary (1907-1999)

1926-1999

A small sample weave in cream with light blue warp border stripes. There are supplementary weft stripes at the top and bottom and a central design of supplementary warp and weft to make a checkerboar...

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