Vintage 60’s Ayottes Designery NH 66”x21” Hand Woven Wool Textile Scarf Wrap

Creator: Ayotte, Roberta (b. 1937)Weaver Place of Origin: Sandwich, NH Date: 1960 circa Description: Scarf / Wrap. Made by Roberta Ayotte, Sandwich, NH., c. 1960. Woven ivory wool. Rectangular with fringed edges. White cotton label stitched to one side, imprinted "HANDWOVEN / Ayottes' Designery / CENTER SANDWICH, N. H." "A work studio / and shop specializing / in original handweaving / and related crafts." Material:Textile Wool Dimensions: L 66 (excluding 4” tassels on each end) x W-21”inches About the Artist: Hailing from Worcester, MA, Roberta met Robert at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI in 1954. Four years later, they graduated (Roberta received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Textile Design and Robert a BFA in Industrial Design) and were married. They purchased the former Quimby School in 1966 and began their life in Sandwich, NH. Together they opened “Ayotte’s Designery” – a full-time hand-weaving studio and showroom, which they operated for 30 years. During this time, they wrote and published, “Handweaving with Robert and Roberta,” a sixteen book home study course that sold worldwide. Copies of their first book were mailed in January 1972. Their work and the Designery were featured in Handwoven & Craftsmen and Yankee magazines. In 1995 Robert and Roberta sold the property and moved to Sun City, AZ. Robert passed away in 2015; however, a quick search on Google shows that Roberta is still active in her craft in Sun City, AZ.