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Listen to the EIRA podcast to find out more about the University of Essex and Warner Textile Archive research collaboration. Listen to the podcast here: https://www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2021/09/22/the-warner-textile-archive The collaboration between the University of Essex and the Warner Textile Archive was supported by Enabling Innovation: […]
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The Warner Textile Archive is pleased to announce an important collaboration with the Fashion and Textile Museum, based in London, on a major exhibition charting the history of chintz. From 18th May 2021 until 12th September 2021 two items from […]
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Thanks to a generous grant from EIRA (Enabling Innovation: Research to Application) who support innovation in the East of England by providing businesses with access to academic expertise, the Warner Textile Archive is now able to explore the potential of […]
» Read MoreArchive Closure Due to the COVID-19 outbreak the Archive is currently closed and will remain so until the Government advise it is safe for Museums to open again. This closure has meant we have had to cancel our programme of […]
» Read MoreIn 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 […]
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Two Warner Archive Collection prints make an appearance in February’s issue of House and Garden magazine. Tara Craig chose ‘Nathalie’ and ‘Flora’ for the ottoman and quilted eiderdown in her beautiful Chelsea flat, photographed by David Lovatti.
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Our lovely collection of Archive tea towels were featured in December’s issue of ‘English Home’ as one of their selections for Christmas presents that support a cause! You can discover our full range of Archive gifts in our online shop.
» Read MoreOn 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 […]
» Read MoreFew 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 […]
» Read MoreHistory 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 […]
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