Jacket created and worn by Ella Grainger, using towels purchased in Australia in the 1930s. Pink towelling jacket with high collar, cream and apricot stripes either side of centre front opening. Machine sewn using manufactured towels. Towel label…
Photo: 20 x 14.9 cm
Paper: 35.6 x 26.3 cm
Board: 64.1 x 51.1 cm
Czechoslovakian-born Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) had an international reputation as a virtuosic violinist. Later in life he made Edison Phonograph recordings with…
Photo: 20 x 14.9 cm
Paper: 35.6 x 26.3 cm
Board: 64.1 x 51.1 cm
Czechoslovakian-born Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) had an international reputation as a virtuosic violinist. Later in life he made Edison Phonograph recordings with…
Photo: 20 x 14.9 cm
Paper: 35.6 x 26.3 cm
Board: 64.1 x 51.1 cm
Czechoslovakian-born Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) had an international reputation as a virtuosic violinist. Later in life he made Edison Phonograph recordings with…
Photo: 14.5 x 9.7 cm
Photo and board: 30.2 x 24.7 cm
Joseph Taylor of Saxby-All-Saints, North Lincolnshire, was a bailiff on a large estate in the latter part of his life. He was also a traditional folksinger. In the year…
Steel, brass, PVC pipe, paper roll, sewing machine belt, electronics.
This machine demonstrates the method used by Grainger and Cross to control oscillators through the use of connected ‘tone arms’ and cut paper ‘scores’. Whereas Grainger and…
Large, upright wooden frame with cross beams at side. Two vertical poles / tubes at each side divided into four sections with acetate discs. Paper reels (cut to represent pitch) are fed through a series of metal poles - a roller runs along top (cut)…