Irish Linen on Display

Irish Linen on Display

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Details

Location

Northern Ireland

Year

1964

Date

Production 14/04/1964

Length

03min 35sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

The story of Irish linen is long and lustrous. Here an exhibition presented by the Irish Linen Guild celebrates the beautiful cloth that Northern Ireland was so famous for. The exhibition includes a demonstration of hand-painting on cloth and delicate lace. A man carries out a process to show the absorbency of the cloth. Overall this is a wonderful collection of the products produced on linen, including a Beatles wall-hanging.

Also filmed here is Sir Francis Evans, the Ulster Government Agent in London.

Notes

Sir Francis Edward Evans GBE KCMG DL (4 April 1897 – 21 August 1983) was a British diplomat. Born in Belfast, he was educated at the city's Belfast Royal Academy before being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Irish Rifles in December 1916.  From 1957 to 1965, Sir Francis was chairman of the Northern Ireland Development Council, and from 1962 and 1966 he also served as the agent for the Northern Ireland Government in Great Britain.   

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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