Pinning The Past – Victoria & Albert Museum Medieval Galleries
Following on from my post about the Indian textiles at the V&A, I'd like to introduce you to the medieval galleries and the many textile delights therein. The majority of textiles on display...
The Victoria & Albert Museum is world-renowned for its textiles and fashion collections, and rightly so, as they take care of thousands of truly spectacular pieces both in the museum and in the...
I was recently lucky enough to be near to the amazing Alain Rouveure Galleries in Gloucestershire and able to see the the Shamanic Art of Nepal special exhibition. The whole place is very special -...
This month's exploration of places to see historic textiles takes us to the Cotswold home of probably the most influential designer - maker of them all, William Morris. Kelmscott Manor was...
For the next few months, Pinning the Past will be focussing on museums with marvellous textiles to see. Bankfield Museum in Halifax, Yorkshire is one of those old fashioned museum treasures. I...
I first saw this house as a teenager. It was closed up, somewhat ruinous with overgrown gardens and unbearably romantic. The National Trust had just acquired it - and spent six years making it...
