FELICITY IRONS SMALL BATHMAT GS2 topstitched borders

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Set of 8 plates

3L -26 x 31 x 5

Made for PASCALE by a Suffolk based potter

In Store collection only unless by special arrangement

FELICITY IRONS SMALL BATHMAT GS2 topstitched bordersFelicity Irons, is one of the last of the English rush weavers who is keeping alive a craft that dates back to Anglo Saxon times. The British freshwater rushes she uses, scirpus lacustris schoeneplectus are grown and harvested on the Great River Ouse in Bedfordshire, and Cambridgeshire a practice that is entirely sustainable. The rushes are dried in the wind and sun, a totally natural practice that results in the varied rush colours which gradually