One of five models demonstrating how stools and beds are strung. The model is formed of a wooden frame reinforced with a metal bracket at each corner. The frame supports a woven seat panel with a lozenge and zigzag pattern and plaited border. Woven in two thicknesses of string. For the other models see [1932.61.1 .1 & .1

Collection type: Object
Description: One of five models demonstrating how stools and beds are strung. The model is formed of a wooden frame reinforced with a metal bracket at each corner. The frame supports a woven seat panel with a lozenge and zigzag pattern and plaited border. Woven in two thicknesses of string. For the other models see [1932.61.1 .1 & .1 - .4] [RH [OPS Move] 1/6/2017]
Geographical reference: Sudan, Republic of
Africa > Northern Africa > Sudan, Republic of
Person: Field collector M.E. Wolff; Field collector Grace Mary Crowfoot; PRM source Grace Mary Crowfoot
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1932
Date collected: By 1932
Acquisition information: Donated: 1932
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material String, Material Pigment, Process Strung, Process Perforated, Process Woven, Process Painted
Dimensions: Height: max 16 mm, Width: max 220 mm, Length: max 285 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1932.61.1.5
Research and responses: Note that the accession book mentions five models (see RDF for photographs of these), but there seems to be only a record for one of these. The RDF should be consulted again when the objects are located, as it contains further details about them that should be added to their records [RTS 6/11/2003].
The H[arry].H[ardy]. Peach who Crowfoot mentions in the RDF as possibly publishing her stools was the editor of a book some years later, possibly 1938, Craftsmen All: An Anthology, published by Dryad Press in Leicester. This may contain some reference to her objects [RTS 2/9/2004].

Search terms: Model, Reproduction, Technique, Furniture Dwelling, Stool, Bed