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Spitalfields Art Market 6-9 June 2019 & Skylark Galleries Summer Exhibition Sara Sherwood Art - https://t.co/IqcfQAFuyM

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2019-06-05

If you are in Spitalfields on the evening of June 20th and interested in Duncan Pickstock will be showing his film and we will be having a chat afterwards.

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2019-05-29

If you want to get your hands on a signed copy of my book I’m going to be at Spitalfields tomorrow for my first popup of the year with from 11am to 5pm

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2019-05-14

Spitalfields Art Market 2-6 May 2019 - https://t.co/ALDq9RDVCa

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2019-05-02

Wedding season is coming up - a throwback to the 18thc. w/Rebecca Tailer (silk design by 1747 worn in 19thc alters. but condition is excellent ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁦⁩

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2019-04-20

For we're exploring the history of our Georgian HQ in London on our blog. Former residents of our building include the Greensteins, a family who moved here in the 1890s from Russia: https://t.co/K0tMRaVI4P

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2019-04-18

This stunning example of an 18th century dress made from green Spitalfields silk was just one of the items our curator and conservator looked at when they were recently checking our costume collection

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2019-03-30

Beauty break of & for (prob. produced in for trade); (possibly English from & handmade —all c1750s-80s)

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2019-03-20

Today’s is a work of art. It is a 1725 Spitalfields silk dress. Spitalfield (a London suburb) became famous for their silk after French Protestant (Huguenot) refugees settled in the area. This dress shows their skill of making lace like patterns in silk.

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2019-02-18

Detail from the 1747 silk damask wedding gown of Rebecca Tailer Byles (circa 1718-1779), with a pattern attributed to English silk designer Anna Maria Garthwaite of Spitalfields and surviving with matching shoes by London shoemaker Robert Dasson https://t.co/c1YDuWZVpK

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2018-11-27

Here's the latest of in London. I wanted to show the rough and worn out soul of the room, with the giant Miss Haversham bed as the focus. Using brushes- wet pencil and conte2 mostly.

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2018-10-19

Paste-up on Wood Close, Spitalfields

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2018-05-01

I am delighted to sign or inscribe copies of my books for readers between now and Christmas Eve if you fancy popping over to Spitalfields to collect them from me! (DM or email me spitalfieldslife.com)

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2017-12-13

Plant Life Week: This dress panel, circa 1742, was influenced by both exotic and native plants. On view in

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2017-10-18

The Spitalfields Music Festival 2017 programme is live on our website and priority booking is now open! https://t.co/oRkvt54ehe

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2017-09-08

2) Detail, jewel tone green silk damask wedding dress. Worn in Boston, 1747 by Rebecca Tailer. Later alterations

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2017-08-17

New solo exhibition! Join contemporary artist on 13 Aug-8 Oct here: https://t.co/7vm8JkhtYH

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2017-08-09

New solo exhibition! Join contemporary artist on 13 Aug-8 Oct here: https://t.co/K8faI0eJY2

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2017-08-04

An intriguing portrait of Elizabeth Hailstone wearing a Spitalfields gown, c.1741–43, from our current silk exhibition

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2017-08-02