18 March 2010
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Warner Textile Archive, Braintree

Warners Mill
Silks Way
Braintree
Essex
CM7 3GB
England

Website

www.enjoybraintreedistrict.co.uk

E-mail

warner.archives@braintree.gov.uk

Telephone

Reception/general enquiries

01376 557741

Education/research enquiries

01376 339514

Fax

01376 327849

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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The Warner Textile Archive houses one of the country's most important collections of flat textiles. It features the entire range of fabrics produced by Warner and Sons(including Coronation velvet) from the mid 19thC as well as the original paper designs by some of the country's leading designers and artists such as Venessa Bell, Graham Sutherland, Owen Jones and Alec Hunter. The collection includes a historical and international collection of textiles dating back to the 18thC that designers used as inspiration for new designs. The archive also houses ledgers and photographs relating to the Warner company and its employees.

The Archive's Gallery traces the history of the Warner Company and its influence on British textile design.

Venue Type:

Archive, Gallery

Opening hours

Gallery: Wednesday - Saturday 11am - 4pm
Please note the Gallery will be closed to the general public during the winter from 1 October - reopening in April 2009. Access to the Gallery is still possible by prior appointment.


Archive - by appointment Tuesday - Friday (10am - 4pm)

Sunday - Tuesday

Gallery will be closed during the winter from 1 October until April 2009

Admission charges

Adults £3 (50% concessions)
Children 5 - 16 years = 50p (under 5s free)

Discounts

  • Museums Association
General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Parking for coaches
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities

Additional info

Free parking including space for coaches and mini buses. Ramp to entrance, visitors' toilets, sales area, coffee machine.

Warners Mill
Silks Way
Braintree
Essex
CM7 3GB
England

Website

www.enjoybraintreedistrict.co.uk

E-mail

warner.archives@braintree.gov.uk

Telephone

Reception/general enquiries

01376 557741

Education/research enquiries

01376 339514

Fax

01376 327849

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

British jacquard hand weaving from 1821- 1971, printed and woven fabric produced by Warner & Sons between 1870 - 1970, wallpaper archive, point papers spanning 1790 - 1971, paper designs for printed and woven fabric dating from 1851, printing blocks dating between 1860 - 1939, assorted ephemera and photographs, collection of European and non-European textiles from all over the world dating from 1700s

Collection details

Archives, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Fine Art, Industry, Personalities, Social History, Trade and Commerce

Key artists and exhibits

  • John Aldridge
  • Edward Bawden
  • Vanessa Bell
  • Walter Crane
  • Marion Dorn
  • James Fitton
  • William Folliott
  • Alec Hunter
  • Owen Jones
  • William Morris
  • Marianne Straub
  • A.W.N Pugin
  • Arthur Silver
  • Bruce Talbot
  • C.F.A Voysey

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Warners Mill
Silks Way
Braintree
Essex
CM7 3GB
England

Website

www.enjoybraintreedistrict.co.uk

E-mail

warner.archives@braintree.gov.uk

Telephone

Reception/general enquiries

01376 557741

Education/research enquiries

01376 339514

Fax

01376 327849

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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