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.

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’, Sydney, NSW, p.55.

Initial data sources

  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'