Handicrafts Back in English Peasant Homes
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A 1906 Craftsman article by Alice Dinsmore on the revival of hand spinning, weaving and other handicrafts in English cottage communities under the influence of John Ruskin. It describes Marion Twelves's Ruskin Linen Industry in the Lake District (begun 1883), the Keswick School of Industrial Art run by Canon and Mrs. Rawnsley, Miss Clive Bayley's weaving school at Shottery, and the Canterbury weavers. Illustrated with photographs of a woman at a handloom, cottages, and the Keswick school; it contains no weaving drafts.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1906
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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