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An 1850s Christmas in Keighley…
Ian, our wonderful Butterfield archive volunteer has been trawling the family letters to find some seasonally appropriate extracts to share with you all.
16 December 2019
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Ian, our wonderful Butterfield archive volunteer has been trawling the family letters to find some seasonally appropriate extracts to share with you all.
You may have noticed recently a rather large change to the window on the Grand Staircase at Cliffe Castle
This is one of a series of occasional blogs drawing on the letters of the various members of the family.
Heather Millard, our Social history curator, discusses some interesting objects linked to the Butterfield Family
Alice Humphrey is one of our Assistant Curators, who agreed to write a blog for us based on a set of items that caught her eye!
She writes:
I started working at Bradford Museums and Gallery at the end of last year and was delighted to find that they have a collection of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), since I have a particular interest in Japanese costume.
If you’ve visited Cliffe Castle recently, you may have noticed a few changes taking place to some of our reception room displays.
Have you spotted the recent addition to the Small Drawing Room at Cliffe Castle?
Don’t adjust your screens – this particular embroidery is multicoloured although we describe it as Blackwork. It is called Blackwork because traditionally a black thread was used to sew these designs. It is a type of counted embroidery sewn on even weave material such as linen. It uses simple stitches to form complex patterns.
It is always an exciting time in the museum when we install a new exhibition. We recently opened a new exhibition at Bradford Industrial Museum called Steampunk (for those unsure as to what Steampunk is, I refer you to an earlier blog post.) Nearly 300 people attended the opening and it was thrilling to see visitors not only excited by the weird and wonderful Steampunk exhibits, but also by the pieces from our permanent collection alongside.
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