Casgliadau Arlein

Wool patchwork blanket made from a range of multi-coloured hand-knitted design samples. Lined with black twill fabric, labelled 'Jamie & Jessi Seaton'. Made as a prototype for Inspirations: The British Handknitters – an exhibition arranged in 1990 by Henri Bendel, USA. The exhibition – which also featured the work of Kaffe Fassett, Susan Duckworth, Annabel Fox, Olivia Hockey, Sasha Kagan, Patricia Roberts, and Jane Wheeler – toured to Boston, New York, Chicago and Columbus (10-22 September 1990). The blanket featured in the exhibition was sold, while this prototype was retained by the Seatons as part of their company archive.

Exhibition catalogue: F2019.22.114.

The lining is made from two pieces of fabric which have been seamed together with machine stitches down the centre (across the width).