News at Warner Textile Archive
Art Fund Student Opportunities: Developments in Art Deco Textile Design
Art Fund Student Opportunities: Developments in Art Deco Textile Design.
Student Placement at the Warner Textile Archive: An Exploration of Nineteenth-Century Silk Design
Aleksandra Orekhova, University of Saint Martin’s BA in Textile Design student, joined us at the Warner Textile Archive for a two-month placement to discover more about the nineteenth-century design artwork in our collection.
Warner Textile Archive receives Museum, Archive and Conservation Award from The Textile Society
We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the Museum, Archive and Conservation Award from The Textile Society to support our project…
Making Silks & Velvets for Royalty: Warner Textile Archive celebrates Braintree’s connection to the Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953
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…
FREE VIRTUAL TALK CELEBRATING THE PLATINUM JUBILEE Warner & Sons: Royal Connections and Commissions
We are pleased to announce a free virtual talk to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee on Thursday 16th June 2022 at 7.30pm.
Design Icon Enid Marx in The Colourist by Annie Sloan
The Warner Textile Archive is pleased to support Annie Sloan with supplying an image of an Enid Marx design from our collection called ‘Spot & Stripe’ or ‘Medallion’ for the latest edition of The Colourist.
NEW BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS CELEBRATING THE PLATINUM JUBILEE: SILKS AND VELVETS FOR ROYALTY 04 Apr 2022
We are pleased to announce our new behind the scenes tours programme for 2022. Join us on selected dates to explore our collection.
EXCLUSIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN WARNER TEXTILE ARCHIVE & DIG HAUSHIZZLE
Interiors and decorative antiques duo Edd and Cassie Nicholas (pictured) collaborate with the Warner Textile Archive to create an exclusive and unique homeware range.
Volunteering at the Warner Textile Archive – Clemency Dyer Central Saint Martins January 2022 Placement
Over the past month I was tasked with looking through this section of the archive to audit and identify any gaps in the knowledge of a large twentieth-century Jacobean style powerwoven collection.
The Art of Friendship: Exploring the creativity of Denise Hoyle and Marianne Straub in 1950s–1970s Essex through collage and textile design opens at Braintree Museum in collaboration with the Warner Textile Archive
Braintree Museum is excited to have opened a new exhibition in conjunction with the Warner Textile Archive on Saturday 22ndJanuary until 2 July 2022…
Moquette and Marianne Straub
Moquette and Marianne Straub.Queen Elizabeth II on Piccadilly Line 1973 tube stock, 16 December 1977. Central Saint Martins Textiles Placement Student at the Warner Textile Archive, Clemency Dyer, explains Marianne Straub’s connection to Transport for London in the...
Volunteering at the Warner Textile Archive by Theo
I have spent several months volunteering at the Warner Textile Archive…