Lot 30: Sash by: Christine Connolly

This gorgeous sash has been woven and donated by weaver and artist Christine Connolly.  Meant to be worn twice wrapped around the waist, this sash will be the perfect complement to your hunting frock! The linen used for the warp of this sash is some of the finest quality thread available for weavers today. The wool used for the weft is 100% virgin Shetland wool, spun in New Hampshire from a blend of Australian fine wool and sturdy New Zealand wool.  After it was woven, this sash was wet finished and fulled, a process that turns the work into a finished fabric that will neither stretch nor shrink with use and wear. The sash has a twill weave structure and was woven on a four-shaft jack floor loom. This type of loom would have been a common style of floor loom used in the home in 18th century colonial America.