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Welcome to the C&TA 35th Year Anniversary Exhibition
Enjoy displays of costumes and textiles, award-winning research, contemporary designs by fashion and textile design students, C&TA members' textile art, as well as digital projections of Norwich shawls and illustrated historic fashions ...
Click on the pictures for information
Video Projections on the big screens
Watch short videos on our C&TA YouTube channel: @costumeandtextileassociation
Click on picture to link to our C&TA YouTube channel.
Norwich Shawls
In the mid-nineteenth century, Norwich was at the centre of excellence for manufacturing luxurious silk and woollen shawls. The C&TA will be presenting this rare Norwich Shawl to the Norfolk Museums costume and textile collection during the exhibition. The Norfolk Museums Service has a collection of nearly 200 Norwich Shawls, dating from the late eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century. The C&TA will also be providing funding for the Norwich Shawl collection to be professionally photographed to create a digital archive of this nationally important collection.
This beautiful red and cream shawl made by Rowling &
Allen of Elm Hill, 1869 -1870. has royal connections. Queen Victoria visited Norwich in 1869 and was given a shawl in this design on behalf of the City.
Royal designs were unique. This is possibly a prototype of the Victoria shawl that was
presented to Her Majesty.
The large shawl measures 334 x 158 cms with a half red, half cream centre.
Each end is decorated with a deep ornate ‘pine’ motif design and fringing.
The half-colour design enabled the shawl to be worn with either colour uppermost over the large crinoline skirts that were fashionable during this period.
C&TA Resource Collection
Over the past 35 years, the Costume and Textile Association has acquired its own independent collection of costume, accessories and textiles. Much of this collection has been donated by members and friends passing on favourite but no longer wanted pieces from their own wardrobes. The C&TA Resource Collection of costumes and accessories is not of museum quality; it is available for the Association's exhibitions, workshops and vintage fashion shows which raise funds and aid research.
PLEASE NOTE: The C&TA Resource Collection is not the same as the Norfolk Museums Service's (NMS) collection of more than 32,000 items British clothing, accessories, needlecrafts and home furnishings dating from the 18th century to the present day, held by the Museum Costume and Textile department.
PLEASE NOTE: The C&TA Resource Collection is not the same as the Norfolk Museums Service's (NMS) collection of more than 32,000 items British clothing, accessories, needlecrafts and home furnishings dating from the 18th century to the present day, held by the Museum Costume and Textile department.
C&TA Members' Displays
The C&TA has many highly skilled and creative members, experts and beginners, these exhibits represent some of their textile work.
GSMB Award Winners' Displays
Thanks to a generous legacy to the Costume & Textile Association (C&TA) from the estate of the late Geoffrey Squire (1924 - 2011), the renown costume and textile historian and theatre designer, the C&TA is able to offer biennial bursaries for academic, practical costume and textile research in his memory. So far, six talented researchers have received GSMB Awards between 2017 - 2023.
Norwich University of the Arts Students - Award Winners' Displays
The C&TA sponsors two annual design awards for Norwich University of the Arts students: the C&TA Award for 1st Year BA (Hons) Fashion students and the Helen Hoyte Award for 2nd Year BA (Hons) Textile students.
1st Year BA (Hons) Fashion Students
1st: Irosha Croos, 2nd: Dani Tabios, 3rd: Jenna Coote. Highly commended: Alice Foster / Eve Hipkin / Sara Rayner / Stella Shykolenko / Stephanie Woodbridge
2nd Year BA (Hons) Textiles Students
1st: Nina Lones, 2nd: Esther Wildsmith, 3rd: Megan Merhar. Highly commended: Millie Anderson / Chloe Hodgkinson / Gabija Mosteikyte / Alice Page / Lily-Rose Woodhouse
C&TA Textiles - Creations and Recreations
Suffragette / Lorina Stitchings / Elizabeth I
East Anglia Textiles
Humphries Weaving
C&TA Publications
The C&TA publishes several books on historic Norwich textiles, as well as delightful cards and notelets. These are available to buy on our website. Click on the image to visit our online shop. Members receive discounts on books.
Miscellany, our annual members' journal is packed with fascinating articles and information about costume, textiles and textile history. Click the image to link to back copies which can be accessed for free on our website.
Thank you for visiting our 35th Anniversary Exhibition,
and to everyone who has helped to create and run it.
and to everyone who has helped to create and run it.
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LAYOUT
C&TA Resource Collection Displays
1950s Susan
Small Boned
‘Bell’ Dress
1960s Yellow
and Black Mini-
Dress
1950s
Schiaparelli
‘Venus de Milo’
Ball Gown
(Vogue copy)
1930s Child’s
Silk Crepe Party
Frock
1910s Habotai
Silk Dress
1920s Petrol
Blue Beaded
‘Flapper Dress
1930s Blue Floral
Print Beach
Pyjamas
Spare Box
for general
info ...
1960s Jean Varon
Ball Gown with
signature ribbon
embroidery
C&TA Textiles - Creations and Recreations
Norwich Shawls
Towler, Rowling &
Allen 1869 -1870
Bolingbroke &
Jones
Zebra shawl,
possibly
Clabburn Sons
Stitching like
Lorina 2018
Spare box Spare box
Suffrage Quilt
2018
Coronaquilt
2020-2022
East Anglia Textiles
Humphries Weaving
Humphries Weaving of Sudbury, Suffolk are one of the very few surviving Jacquard weavers in
East Anglia. (More text ... we are awaiting info from Alex)
Six fabric samples - wool tammy to multi-coloured Jacquard silk
Video Projections
Norwich University of the Arts .... Text to come
Page 4 of 4
Sample 4 Sample 5 Multi-coloured
jacquard silk
Wool Tammy Sample 2
credit for vdu