| RUG MAKING Craft demonstration - technique for making rugs is shown. A mother and daughter work together. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6756 |
| Catalog #: | 433255 | |
| Clip Number: | 433255-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 185 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOBBIES: Crafts, Misc | |
| Description: | RUG MAKING Craft demonstration - technique for making rugs is shown. A mother and daughter work together. Rug making at home. United Kingdom 2 women stand on either side of table in room that looks like it's in a very old stately home. They unfold a rectangular piece of burlap, holding it up to show design printed on it. CU hand holding rug hook, threading yarn into hook. CU woman sticking hook into the burlap. Dissolve to CU other side of burlap, held up by one woman while the other pokes hook from behind, creating a pattern of small loops of yarn sticking through the material. Dissolve to CU woman cutting through the loops to make them into short pieces of yarn sticking up. MS while younger woman watches, the older woman uses an iron to affix rug backing onto a small rug, then holds up the finished rug, just a plain small rectangle. MS the 2 women pick up rugs one at a time from a stack on table to show various styles. They hold up the last one, a large rug w/ a rather complicated design. CU detail of rug. Title frame offering further details to those who write. | |
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