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Anne  Finsen, born Anne Clough in 1917, died in October 2012 at the age of 94.

She was trained as a milliner, and produced her hats under the name Anne Scarr, and she also worked as a sculptor and screenprinted her own designs in the vast attic of her home in Chelsea-Wynberg in Cape Town. Father came from Yorkshire to South Africa, where he was the Clerk of the Senate, andt he 1st chair of the SATS Botha - a training ship for SA men in the navy.

Mother from the Bourke family, a prominent SA family.1956 - married Øle Finsen, a Danish man, and they lived in Falcon House, working together in the beautiful attic, creating screenprinted fabrics under the name Falcon House Handcrafts.

She was also a founder member of the Black Sash, and remained active in this organisation for years. A tribute is paid to her on the Black Sash website athttp://www.blacksash.org.za/index.php/our-legacy/in-memory-of-black-sash-stalwarts/1294-we-pay-tribute-to-anne-finsen-1917-2012