Stevengraph
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Stevengraph
One caption alone hints at a strategy of collecting, inked above a woven silk picture of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The note reads: ‘Mr McMicking’s contribution to this book given to him by one of the Gentlemen of the French Embassy to China.’ Her note suggests that she was actively sourcing textiles for her book, casting her net far and
... See moreKate Strasdin • The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
There's an exhibition currently on at the RWA gallery called Soft Power and it's entirely textile based art. It's deep, powerful and full of storytelling.
There's 2 photographs by Maryam Wahid, one of a brown skinned woman with a beautiful orange-yellow gown, posing on a chair in an old building. The quote from the artist reads:
"In this series I
... See moreBritish Isles: Distinct regional styles emerged—Fair Isle's colorwork patterns, Aran's complex cables (contrary to romantic myths, these weren't ancient Celtic patterns but developed in the early 20th century), and Shetland's delicate lace shawls.
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I n eighty-five essays, contributors nominate “extinct” objects and address them in a series of short, vivid, sometimes personal accounts, speaking not only of obsolete technologies, but of other ways of thinking, making, and interacting with the world. Extinct is filled with curious, half-remembered objects, each one evoking a future that never
... See moreMiranda Critchley • Extinct
Anne brought together a huge variety of colours and styles that were the products of these designers at work, following contemporary trends. Some of the cottons feature coral motifs that mirrored the mid-nineteenth-century fascination with the natural world and the desire to discover and delineate species of flora and fauna. Some of the 1830s
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