Untitled (woman at a tapestry loom)
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- Artist
- April Post
- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- weaving on fibre
- Catalogue Number
- PoA.08.01
- Description
- A woman, with black hair tied by a pink ribbon, is sitting on a carpet using an upright tapestry loom. She is using a hand comb to bring down the threads that will beat the weft down. The background is blue and the colours used to depict the woman’s clothing is shades of blues for the blouse and sk…
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- Artist
- April Post
- Title
- Untitled (woman at a tapestry loom)
- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- weaving on fibre
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- A woman, with black hair tied by a pink ribbon, is sitting on a carpet using an upright tapestry loom. She is using a hand comb to bring down the threads that will beat the weft down. The background is blue and the colours used to depict the woman’s clothing is shades of blues for the blouse and skirt and pink for the belt. She is sitting on a vertical striped, green, pink, beige striped carpet on a white background. The carpet she is weaving has chevron shapes and is green, pink, blue and grey.
- Subject
- crafts
- weaving
- April Post
- Mary G. Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- PoA.08.01
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