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  Fashion design: Edward Crutchley

  references the history of queer spaces in London, and specifically the work of 18th-century textile designer Anna…

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  Unlocked: Textiles: 1600-1800

  V&A South Kensington

  This will be followed by a visit to The Print Room to see textile designs by Anna Maria Garthwaite, an…

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  V&A East

  British-Trinidadian textile designer Althea McNish, to silk designs by 18th-century Spitalfields pioneer Anna…

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  Bringing the collections to life – introducing the V&A’s Brand Licensing programme

  Top row (left to right): Oliver Bonas jewellery range inspired by designs for woven silk by Anna Maria…
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  Joubert: Anna Maria Garthwaite, and Women Working in Silk Design

  One of the most unusual, and refreshing aspects that I have found whilst reading Le Dessinateur are Joubert’s opinions on women being involved in the process of silk design, which he discusses in the introduction to the...
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  The Leman Binding

  In our textile collection there are three volumes of Anna Maria Garthwaite silk designs.…
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  Women artists and Design Drawings in Eighteenth-Century London

  Fig. 2 Anna Maria Garthwaite, Design for a woven silk, 1747, V&A 5985:8 Having access to Anna Maria Garthwaite…
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  The V&A Shop Fabric Project

  ., and 18th century designs by Anna Maria Garthwaite – one of the leading pattern designers in the English…