Pieces', Drummonds Mill, Bradford

PART OF:
Through The Mill: The Story of Yorkshire Wool In Photographs
Made:
1985-1987 in Manningham
photographer:
Ian Beesley
Pieces', Drummonds Mill, Bradford

Ian Beesley/Science Museum Group
© Ian Beesley

Gelatine silver print entitled ''Pieces', Drummonds Mill, Bradford' by Ian Beesley, about 1986. Produced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

Pieces is the name given to lengths of woven cloth. Here the 'grey' cloth has been woven from undyed yarn and is waiting to be dyed as a continuous length of cloth, hence it will be 'dyed in the pieces'.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
2026-2/102
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
print: 444 mm x 342 mm
frame: 508 mm x 610 mm
type:
photograph and silver gelatin print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford

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