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Category Archives: Display
Focus on: Indian Textiles
In this audio piece we focus on Indian textiles in COTTON: Global Threads. Curator Dr Jennifer Harris discusses the large scale Tipu’s Tent, presented as part of a range of textile treasures highlighting India’s considerable contribution to the history of… Continue reading
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Category Audio, Curator, Discussion, Display, Focus, Interview, Textiles, Video
Tags India, Indian textiles, Liz Rideal, Mughal, Mysore, National Trust, Powys, Tipu's Tent, Wales
Textile sample books as inspiration
The Textile Manufactures of India Vols I, II, V & VII (1866) A selection of Indian sample books by John Forbes Watson are on display in the Gulbenkian Gallery at the Whitworth. The volumes entitled The Textile Manufactures of India are… Continue reading
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Category Behind the scenes, Conservation, Display, Exhibition, Manchester
Tags Harris Museum Preston, John Forbes Watson, Liz Rideal, Lubaina Himid, sample books, The Textile Manufactures of India
Fairtrade: Can a pair of jeans really cost £5?
Fairtrade Fortnight is in full swing – have you registered your step towards ensuring a fair deal for the producers and traders of the everyday things we use? With a backlash against ‘fast fashion’ by media pundits such as Lucy… Continue reading
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Category Audio, Curator, Discussion, Display, Focus
Tags cotton, ethics, Fairtrade, fairtrade fortnight, Fast Fashion, globalization, Organic, provenance
Tiny Dresses and Conservation Nightmares
Listen below to an interview with Ann French, conservator at Whitworth Art Gallery, explaining some of the unique challenges she and her team had to face when preparing vintage textiles and costume for display in COTTON: Global Threads.
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Category Behind the scenes, Display, Exhibition, Installation, Manchester, Textiles
Moral Fibre – Read my Tshirt
In western culture the front of Tshirts have evolved into a space used for everything from jokes to political statements, to displaying allegiance to bands and fashion labels. Interestingly, in one of the display cases in the Moral Fibre section… Continue reading
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Category Cotton, Display, Exhibition, Textiles
Tags Fair Trade, Organic, Tshirt slogan
Textiles Gallery sneak peek
The vitrines in the Textiles Gallery will be taken over to become part of the COTTON exhibition spanning the entire ground floor of the Whitworth Gallery. These images show panoramic views of the gallery mid-installation – the walls are painted… Continue reading
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Category Behind the scenes, Cotton, Display, Exhibition, Installation, Manchester, Textiles
Tags Africa, Display, Fabric, Textiles
