by Gthomas | Aug 5, 2026 | News
Geometrics and Beyond:Fashion Students Draw Inspiration from Braintree’s Art Deco Heritage Nineteen Fashion Design students from Anglia Ruskin University have completed a collaborative project exploring the relationship between historical design and contemporary...
by Gthomas | Jul 29, 2026 | News
Anglia Ruskin University Live Brief Project 2026 Another successful collaboration between The Warner Textile Archive and the design students from Anglia Ruskin University on the Live Brief Project. Their brief was to design a collection of prints for dresses and tote...
by Gthomas | Apr 9, 2026 | News
Exhibition at Braintree Museum Art Deco & Beyond Innovation and Design in Braintree 1925-1935 in collaboration with the Warner Textile Archive 17th January 2026 – 27th June 2026 Now open at Braintree Museum, Art Deco & Beyond showcases the opulence and glitter...
by Gthomas | Feb 5, 2026 | News
Derek & Linda Chatten – A Braintree Romance [Derek and Linda on their wedding day in 1967 at St Michael’s Church in Braintree] Our collection is a vital resource for research into design history, the silk industry and business heritage and tells the story of a...
by Gthomas | Aug 31, 2025 | News
My experience with an Active Archive Original hand-painted artwork designed by Vanessa Bell for Helios c.1930s-1940s. Carson Hardstaff, student studying on the University of Essex Heritage and Museum Studies MA, joined the Warner Textile Archive to find out more about...
