RA Collection: People and Organisations
Writer and weever. Youngest of the fourteen children of the water-colour painter Henry George Hine (1811–1895). Married to Joseph King (1860-1943).
After being taught to weave by a Swedish teacher she was inspired to teach other women to weave and founded the Wheel and Spindle Club in Sandhouse. Alongside her sister Ethel they endeavoured to teach local women to weave to provide an alternative career to domestic service. Ethel’s husband, Godfrey Blount, was an artist and designer who designed well known tapestries and textile pieces which were woven by the women they employed. These were sold at retail shops in Haslemere and London and exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society shows.
Born: 1876
Died: 1927
Nationality: British
Gender: Female