by Gthomas | Oct 29, 2026 | News
From Christie’s to Warner & Sons: Uncovering the Story of Lot 22 Abbey Swan, University of Essex Figure 1 (WB/1/3/15/4) An illustrated print of ‘Jade Sword and Dagger Handles,’ by W. Griggs, featured in Issue 20 of the Journal of Indian Art, accompanying John...
by Gthomas | Oct 21, 2026 | News
Many Hands Make Light Work: Patchwork Quilt Collaboration A perk of being the Archivist at Warner & Sons in the 1980s, was that you had access to purchase textiles at reduced prices, only available to staff, that had not made it through the company’s rigorous...
by Gthomas | Oct 21, 2026 | News
Passementerie: mysterious decorative trimmings Progress continues to be made on assessing significant areas of the dress and costume collection as part of the Museum Work Experience Grant funded by The Costume Society. Jess Flewitt moves forward with exploring the...
by Gthomas | Oct 21, 2026 | News
Working against the passage of time Isabelle Crawford, undergraduate student, History at University of Cambridge Over the past few weeks I have been making enclosures for designs on paper, slowly working my way through drawers of artworks from the 1950s. Although some...
by Gthomas | Oct 21, 2026 | News
My time at the Warner Textile Archive researching Hans and Isabel Tisdall Louise Dickins, University of Essex At the time of taking on this project, I was in the final term of my master’s in history, attending the University of Essex. I was given the exciting...
by Gthomas | Oct 21, 2026 | News
Intersecting Family History with an Archive Isobel Abbott-Dethrow, University of Essex My pursuit of a master’s degree in art history and theory at the University of Essex was a long time coming, generationally. A mission to honour family history was embedded within...
