by Applied Image | Mar 7, 2020 | News Archives
In 1839, tragedy struck as Benjamin Warner died. At the point of his death, Warner managed the family business making loom harnesses and as an engineer for Jacquard Looms. His wife, Ann, stepped in after Warner’s death and took over running the company. Her ledger is...
by Applied Image | Feb 4, 2020 | News Archives
On 1 September 1939, France and the United Kingdom declared war on Germany following their invasion of Poland. By the end of 1945, six years after war was declared, the conflict had spanned across the globe, and resulted in the deaths of an estimated 85 million...
by Applied Image | Jan 27, 2020 | News Archives
Few movements in design history have captured the public’s imagination like Bauhaus has. Bauhaus was an avant-garde German design school that operated between the years of 1919 to 1933, when it was forced to close from pressure by the Nazi Party. The utopian vision...
by Applied Image | Jul 20, 2019 | News Archives
History was made on 20 July 1969 when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully landed twelve men on the moon. At the height of geopolitical tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States of America, an estimated 600 million people...
by Applied Image | Aug 17, 2018 | News Archives
Key to Warner & Sons success over almost an entire century of business was their passion for contemporary design whilst maintaining the more traditional arm of their business. Warner & Sons would frequently purchase work from emerging and influential designers...
by Applied Image | Nov 2, 2016 | News Archives, Press Releases
The Warner Textile Archive is delighted to announce the launch of its first fashion collaboration with OASIS. Working closely with the Warner Textile Archive the OASIS fashion team selected five historic designs from the extensive Archive Collection. Enchanted by...
