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On Thursday April 28th, fashion historian Amber Butchart gives a guided talk through the Cloth Cultures online exhibition created as part of BTB21.
Alongside Gawthorpe Textiles Colleciton curator Rachel Midgeley, fashion historian Amber Butchart gives a guided talk though the Cloth Cultures online exhbition.
Exploring movement, migration and making through cloth, using pieces found in the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, to tell the stories behind what we wear. Cloth Cultures focuses on four fabrics – silk, linen, wool and cotton and investigates the global strands of local stories that link Lancashire, at the heart of the textile industry in Britain, to areas throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
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The event will included a guided talk and then a Q&A session.
British Textile Biennial is a charity registered with the Charity Commission no.1194433 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales no. 13228972