Promotional items
- Reference:GB 3002 GD014/6/2/2
- Dates of Creation:c.1990s-2014
- Physical Description:9 items (plus assoc. note)Artefact
Scope and Content
Items produced to promote or celebrate Harris Tweed.
Includes:
Three pieces of cream-coloured Harris Tweed, two with the Orb stitched in gold with a brown outline, and one with the Olympic rings stitched in gold
A length of the Commonwealth Games Harris Tweed (for 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games) [stored separately]
A flag (20x15cm) made out of the above tweed, one of which was given to 'all school children' on the occasion of the Queen's Baton relay visiting the islands (7th-8th July 2014)
A plastic wood-effect sign, with the words 'harris tweed' in raised gold lettering, and the Orb in gold, red and black (also raised) projecting up from the top left (28.5x12/18cm)
HTA Christmas card (2012) signed by HTA office staff, designed by graduate placement student Jackson Tucker Lynch and featuring a weaver at the loom with superimposed Father Christmas hat and beard
Harris Tweed Authority information pack (likely 2012, given that a damaged duplicate was labelled '2012 info pack'), including wool samples from different stages of tweed manufacture
Second, undated, HTA Christmas card - A5 size, red front with raised Orb pattern and the Orb and words 'Harris Tweed' in gold, with typed message inside
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Includes textiles, plastic, wool, paper