mat

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mat
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mat
Credit
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Image ID
61168
Accession number
F91.53
Title
Value
 
mat
Identification
Identifier
Type
 
 
MATMAKING EXAMPLES
 
Creator
Name
Role
 
 
Owen, Captain William G.
 
Material
Value
 
protein fibre (fabric)
fibre specific terms
fabric
cotton (fabric)
Seed fibre (fabric)
specific cellulosic fibre
cellulosic fibre (fabric)
jute (fabric)
bast fibre (fabric)
wool (fabric)
canvas (cotton)
hessian (jute / hemp)
Technique
Value
 
Category
Value
 
Usage
Value
 
Creation date
01/01/1889
to
31/12/1889
Period
Period
 
1889
Additional information
Woollen hooked mat made in 1889 by sea captain William George Owen of Lower Town, Fishguard, while at sea thinking of home and his wife, Letitia. William worked the words: HOME SWEET HOME | LETITIA | WILLIE | 1889 into his creative design. According to family history, Willie was ship-wrecked in the Strait of Magellan in 1888, but rescued the mat and completed it the following year.
Keywords
Value
 
Place
Value
Tag
 
 
Fishguard
Place of creation
Full size width
3,583 px
Full size height
4,324 px

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