Markus Voigt will be speaking on 'Central Asian Textiles: meaning and tradition'   Markus Voigt is an independent researcher in the carpet world and a well-respected dealer in the trade.   He will talk about his recent work featured in the new book  Central Asian Textiles - the Neville Kingston Collection  where Markus makes a study of textile references and illustrations in contemporaneous literature to see if we can further understand the meaning and uses of these vibrant, exotic...

Rachel Midgely will be talking to the Society on 'Embroidery highlights from the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection' Embroidery highlights from the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection   The talk will begin with an introduction to Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth; the founder of the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection and will explore her reasons for collecting and who she collected from. Following this we will take a journey through some highlights of our embroidery collection from around the world and across several...

Sarah Mahaffy will be speaking to the Society on Discovering the textiles of Odisha, Lucknow and Chanderi Left: The master weaver of Nuapatna, Odisha with his ikat masterpiece and (right) a beautiful piece of chikankari in Lucknow. When you travel in India you will find a variety of special textiles.  In the last 20 years I have visited many different places.   In this talk I will explain more about the silks and cottons, weaves and embroideries that I have found in the state of Odisha and in...