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Ben Marsh, Unravelled Dreams: The Challenges of Growing Silk in New Worlds c.1500-1840
February 27, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
£6
Ben Marsh is Reader at the University of Kent and was awarded the Natalie Rothstein Prize by the Textile Society in 2014. Rothstein was the pre-eminent expert of Spitalfields silk and curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He was featured as a consultant and guest on the 2013 BBC Radio 4 series Silk.
His forthcoming book Unravelled Dreams has been described by fellow historian Zara Anishanslin (author of Portrait of a Woman in Silk) as ‘a magisterial must read’.
Doors will open 5.30pm so you can view the Museum shop and galleries. Admission is included in your ticket.
Please note access will be from the High Street entrance only, not Corporation Street (Railway Station) side.
To book your ticket call 01634 789347, drop in at the Huguenot Museum or click here.