by Applied Image | Aug 30, 2023 | Blog
[‘Excelsior’ is one of Warner & Sons most iconic designs from the 1920s. It was designed by Albert Swindells in 1928, when the short-lived but influential Art Deco period was well underway. Its gold, sunburst design typifies this style and gives a striking view of...
by Applied Image | Aug 21, 2023 | Blog
Our student team, funded by Art Fund, hosted a popular talk to share their research and display on the 1920s collections that they have been working to catalogue over the past few months. The students came from a range of universities across the UK, and included...
by Applied Image | Jul 7, 2023 | Blog
We’ve been pleased to be able to widen our student placement and volunteering programme recently with support from Art Fund which has generously awarded the Warner Textile Archive a grant for six students to join our team. Students will spend around 3 months working...
by Applied Image | May 15, 2023 | Blog
[Pictured: Aleksandra Orekhova explains her research to other Warner Textile Archive volunteers. The design featured, ‘Japanese’, is the earliest paper design that Aleksandra worked on as part of the project. Dating from around 1870, it is show here with the final...
by Applied Image | Apr 29, 2022 | Blog
[Hilda Carver and Lily Lee present the velvets woven for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II] As Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on 2nd June 1953 at Westminster Abbey she was surrounded by fabrics created by Warner & Sons. By 1953, Warner & Sons already had...
by Applied Image | Feb 2, 2022 | Blog
Placement Student Clemency Dyer talks about her time volunteering at the Warner Textile Archive in January 2022 In the Warner Textile Archive there is a large twentieth-century Jacobean style powerwoven collection. Over the past month I was tasked with looking through...
