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Latitude
-32.256944
Longitude
148.601111
Start Date
1885-01-01
End Date
1885-01-01

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tba3fa

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DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/jessica-booth
Birth Place
Dubbo, NSW, Australia
Biography
painter and weaver, exhibited Royal Art Society of NSW, 1905 (Miss J. Booth). A member of the NSW Society of Arts & Crafts for 41 years from 1914, Jessica Booth was one of the leading weavers in NSW. In the late 1920s she opened a Hand Loom School in Sydney, where she was joined by Miss Joan Mackenzie, another long-term Society member. At the suggestion of Myrtle Innes, a 'Jessica Booth Loan Memorial’ exhibition was held in conjunction with the Society’s annual exhibition at Grace Bros Chatswood in 1965. This entry is a stub. You can help the DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1999 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1885
Summary
A painter and acclaimed weaver, Jessica Booth was a member of the NSW Society of Arts and Crafts for over four decades. In the late 1920s she opened a Hand Loom School in Sydney with fellow Arts and Craft society member Joan Mackenzie, at which time Booth was regarded as one of the state's leading weavers.
Gender
Female
Died
1965
Age at death
80