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Morris, W.E.
(Weaver)
Check design consisting of black double lines, intersecting to give 1½" squares, on oatmeal background. With multi-coloured border and fringe in black and white. The pattern is based on a design woven at Esgair Moel before the mill was relocated to the Welsh Folk Museum. An example of the work of W. E. Morris, weaver at the Welsh Folk Museum.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
61.137.1
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Morris, W.E.
Association Type: Maker
Date: 20th century (mid)
Place: Amgueddfa Werin Cymru | Welsh Folk Museum
Association Type:
Place: Esgair Moel Woollen Mill
Creation/Production
Demonstrating weaver at the Welsh Folk Museum (Esgair Moel woollen mill). He joined the Museum's staff in 1952 after working at various mills in west Wales, and as works manager at Meirion Mills, Dinas Mawddwy.
Role: Weaver
Place: Esgair Moel Woollen Mill
Period: 20th century (mid)
Acquisition
Collected Officially
Location
National Wool Museum
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