A Pakistani woman demonstrating textile work to Lady Lewin, with another Pakistani woman looking on
A colour landscape photograph of a seated Pakistani woman demonstrating some form of textile work to Lady Lewin (Jane Branch-Evans), with another Pakistani woman looking on. The seated women is facing the camera but is looking at hear hands, with a crochet hook or knitting needle in her right and yarn looped around the index finger in her left. She is wearing a pink garment, possibly part of a shalwar kameez, with a shawl of the same colour. A gold ring can be seen in her right ear. Only her head and upper torso are visible as she is sitting at a table that sits between her and the camera. A knitting machine is on the tabletop with two spools of yarn visible in the foreground. Lady Lewin stands to the seated woman’s left, stooping to see. She wears glasses and a blue-grey jacket or coat. The woman on the right of the image is standing looking towards the other two. She wears a crocheted black shawl over a pink dress. The women are standing in the corner of a room with a display on its wall. ‘[?] DISPLAY’ and ‘HAND KNITTING’ are visible amongst textiles pinned to a blue background.
Object Details
ID: | ALB1487.28 |
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Type: | Photographic print |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | February 1982 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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