Jessica Booth b. 1885

Also known as Miss J. Booth, Jessie Booth
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Weaver)
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.
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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.

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011

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References [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 15060/1885'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 37400/1965'.>, <ExternalResource: McFarlane, Nonie and Mackinolty, Judy (eds) (1991), 'History of the Society of Arts & Crafts of New South Wales 1906-1991', Sydney, NSW, p.55.>] [<ExternalResource: 'NSW Birth Records : 15060/1885'.>, <ExternalResource: 'NSW Death Records : 37400/1965'.>]