Anne Blinks
Textile Study Collection
"COLLAPSE" TEXTILES STUDY BOX #2
Measurements are of collapsed sizes, not stretched out.
Cat # Description Size
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Catalog #'s 2, 3 and 7 are woven or knitted by Mary Frame, who was inspired by
Anne's experiments and has pursued the collapse technique in her research.
2 Sample, white Z handspun singles mohair with fine 11" x 112"
brown S plied warp stripes; very fine S plied silk
or synthetic weft; one fringe end, one cut end
3 Sample, knitted, white mohair singles, bands of Z and 4" x 4"
S spun, causing strong tilt left & right; final band
is two extremely fine strands of single ply thread
7 Sample, white mohair, lower half warp only overspun, 9" x 10"
upper half, both warp and weft overspun; more
exagerated than #4
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The following are two of Anne's samples, working out the "Ace Bandage", a Peruvian
Peruvian elastic crepe piece she found in the De Young Museum in the early 60's.
8 Sample, merino wool singles, tabby weave, left half 10" x 52"
Z warp and weft, right half S warp and Z weft; more
"creped" in left half, showing "hen tracks"
11 3 samples, alpaca, Peruvian elastic crepe
b S & Z alternating warps, Z wefts, 3 cut edges 3.25 x 5"
c Other half of "b" (?), same as "b" 3.25 x 5"
Card attached to "b", in Anne's handwriting
describing it
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