From The Warner Textile Archive
Kate Wigley of the Warner Textile Archive in Braintree will be giving a lecture on The Royal Silks of Spitalfields on Tuesday June 9th at 7pm as part of Huguenot Summer in the newly-refurbished Hanbury Hall in Hanbury St. Here are a selection of images from the archive, which owes its origin to the collection of Warner & Sons – a family textile business that was founded by Benjamin Warner in Spitalfields and moved out to Braintree in 1892.
Mr Bunn & Mr Wheeler, weavers that moved from Hollybush Gardens, Bethnal Green, to New Mills in Braintree in 1895
Design by Anna Maria Garthwaite of Spitalfields
Spitalfields hand woven silk, c. 1743
Loughton Border Rulepaper, 1902
Rose Shamrock and Thistle – paper design by Arthur Silver for Princess May, 1891
Rose, Shamrock and Thistle, hand woven silk
Windsor border trials
Jasmine – hand woven silk and gold – for Princess Mary’s intended wedding to Duke of Clarence
Design by Arthur Silver for Princess May, 1894
Hand woven silk for Windsor Castle
Farringdon, hand woven silk with gold and silver
Rose, Shamrock & Thistle, 1880 – 1890, then rewoven for Buckingham Palace, 1923
Reville, hand woven silk with gold and silver for Queen Mary’s coronation
Benjamin Warner (1828-1908)
Images copyright ©Warner Textile Archive
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Gorgeous fabrics.
Some really fascinating items!
Love & Peace
ACHIM
Wonderful, wonderful Warner fabrics – never itsy bitsy – always glorious colour.
Divine and beautiful it would be interesting to know what the people of spitalfields make today as well as these undoubtedly beautiful examples of the past
Thank you
Just beautiful, lovely designs. They knew about class and style then.
Pauline.
Wonderful to see this article, my first job was as a samples assistant for Warner Fabrics when they were based in Noel Street W1. They still offered some of the original woven silks to order then, beautiful designs in vivid colours. Thanks for this reminder Gentle Author!