EGD/1 Dyeing notebooks, with attached yarn samples [c.1947]
EGD/2 Lichen samples with letters and memoranda, 1953, from the British Museum (Natural History)
Elsie Davenport dyeing notes and lichen samples
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- Dates of Creation1940s, 1953
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description3 volumes and 1 small box
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Elsie Grace Davenport was born on 10th January 1901 (birth registered in the Edmonton District). Her books Your Handweaving , Your Handspinning and Your Yarn Dyeing were published in the 1950s. She died in 1975.
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This entry was compiled by Shirley Dixon, Crafts Study Centre Archivist, November 2021
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