Jessica Booth b. 1885 Dubbo, NSW

Also known as:
  • Miss J. Booth
  • Jessie Booth (attributed)
  • Artist (Painter) , (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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Name
Jessica Booth
Also known as:
  • Miss J. Booth
  • Jessie Booth (attributed)
Birth date
1885
Birth place
Dubbo, NSW
Birth note
attributed
Death date
1965
Death place
St Leonards, Sydney, NSW
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Weaver)
Residence
  • 1905- 1965 Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1914- c.1960
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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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Writers:
Staff Writer
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011
associate of
Miss Joan Mackenzie
1886
Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
associate of
Myrtle R. Innes
1894
Artist, Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
child of
John Booth
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
child of
Catherine Mary Booth
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Vi Eyre
1870
Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Ceramist)
associate of
Royal Art Society of NSW
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
NSW Society of Arts & Crafts
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Hand Loom School, Sydney, NSW
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
'Jessica Booth Loan Memorial' exhibition
1965
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Grace Bros., Chatswood, NSW
Citations:
  • NSW Birth Records : 15060/1885
  • NSW Death Records : 37400/1965
  • McFarlane, Nonie and Mackinolty, Judy (eds), (1991), History of the Society of Arts & Crafts of New South Wales 1906-1991, (Place: Sydney, NSW, p.55)