PROGRAMME OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Live talks take place at the Caledonian Club in Belgravia, London. We stream some talks, usually from overseas speakers, via Zoom. Whenever possible, talks are recorded and made available to members via the Members' Area of the website.

We also organise trips and tours for members and their guests. These are advertised in the monthly members' newsletters.

Our next event

Sunday, 5th July 2026

ORTS annual summer lunch party and auction.

This year's party will be in London, starting at 12 noon. Members are invited to bring guests, food or drinks for the buffet and offerings for the auction.

Members and their guests welcome. Please contact Dimity Spiller for information.

More dates for your diary

Wednesday September 16th 2026

Dr Arielle Winnik: 'Insights into the Rationale and Content
of the Yale Nusantara exhibition of Indonesian Textiles'

For further information, see 'Events in Detail' below.

Via Zoom. 18.00 BST.

Wednesday, 21st October 2026

Dr Margaret Squires: 'Holes in the Carpet: The Problem of Survival Bias'.

Caledonian Club, Belgravia, London. 18.00 for 18.30.

Society talks are now held at the Caledonian Club

in Halkin Street just behind the Peninsula Hotel. Talks start at 18.30.

Hyde Park Corner tube station is a short walk away and many buses stop at Hyde Park Corner.

Guests are welcome to attend for £7 a single lecture. Students £5.

Membership of one year for all events from £30.

EVENTS IN DETAIL

December 20th 2023: Lecture by Peter Lee at 18.00 via Zoom.

Changing hybrid fashions in 19th- and early 20th-century Singapore. Singapore might be a relatively new metropolis, but it inherited a...

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November 22nd 2023: Lecture by Stefan Ionescu at 18.00 via Zoom.

Tuduc or not Tuduc - that is the Question! Tuduc forgeries in European, American and Middle Oriental collections Half of the fun would go...

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October 25th 2023 at 18.00 for 19.00: Lecture by Hadi Maktabi at the University Women's Club

‘The Persian Carpet, the Forgotten Years 1722-1872.’ Hadi Maktabi holds a PhD in Islamic Art from Oxford University and is a specialist...

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September 20th 2023 at 18.00 for 19.00: Lecture by Dorothy Armstrong at the University Women's Club

Above left: Carpet fragment, wool, ‘vase’ weaving technique, 143cm x 141cm, attributed by May Beattie to Kirman, Iran, 17th century...

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June 21st 2023 at 18.00 for 19.00: Lecture by Mary-Louise Totton at the University Women's Club

Past is Present: Contemporary Indonesian Batik and Beyond Most textile collectors and scholars are well versed in the historical heritage...

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May 17th 2023 at 18.00 for 19.00: Lecture by Margaret Squires at the University Women's Club

‘Polonaise’ carpet, cotton warp, cotton and silk wefts, silk pile asymmetrically knotted; gilt- and silver-metal thread brocading, 236.2...

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April 19th 2023 at 18.00 for 19.00: Lecture by Dr. Benjamin Hinson at the University Women's Club.

Collecting Late Antique textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum: Greville Chester, Gayet, Thomas and friends The Victoria and Albert...

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March 29th 2023 at 18.00 for 19.00: Lecture by Gavin Strachan at the University Women's Club

Serb women near Prizren. Autochrome Auguste Leon, May 1913. Textiles from the Balkans Gavin Strachan will look at the variety of mainland...

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January 18th 2023 at 18.00 for 19.00: Lecture by Dr. Sonia Ashmore at University Women's Club.

Photo: Jamadani weavers, Bangladesh. Nurun Nahar Nargis Muslin Trust. Missing Threads: the continuing history of muslin I have learned...

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February 15th 2023 at 18.00: Lecture by Dr. Lynne Milgram via Zoom.

Photo: Ikat textile, approx. 130 cm (h) x 80 cm (w), cotton, plain weave, embroidery, warp faced, natural dyes. Kiangan, Ifugao,...

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