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Cypriot textiles - techniques, materials, patterns, uses and the importance of dowry textiles
20th MARCH 2019 at 7pm Mary Spyrou will discuss a folk art tradition which experienced a decline from around the middle of the 20th...
South Persian Rugs, Bags and Saddle Covers
20th FEBRUARY 2019 at 7pm Professor Paul R. Benjamin Collection The ethnic diversity and inter-mingling of nomadic tribal and village...
‘Chinese silk textiles from the Warring States (405 BC - 221 BC) to the Tang dynasty, (618 - 906).'
23rd JANUARY 2019 at 7pm A talk by Jacqueline Simcox Jacqueline Simcox is a private textile dealer based in London and will discuss...
Indian Tents “Matters of Silk and Velvet”
5th DECEMBER 2018 at 7pm A talk by Dr Peter Andrews From the time of the Delhi Sultanate, if not earlier, the tents used by Indian rulers...
‘The Batak Bulang: from Cast-off to Art’
16th OCTOBER 2018 at 7pm A talk by Sandra Niessen Sandra Niessen, PhD., an anthropologist, started studying the textiles of the Batak...
‘Chinese Indigo Dyeing’
19th SEPTEMBER 2018 at 7pm A talk by John Abbate BLUEHANDED’s ancient cultural heritage of hand-printed fabrics have a rich history and...
Summer Lunch Party at Rottingdean, Sussex
14th JULY 2018 Venue kindly offered by Sue Jones at her lovely house by the sea.
FILM NIGHT
20th JUNE 2018 at 6.30pm Antony Wynn, who spent many years living in rural Iran, will be showing two films about the migration of the...