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Curating Bradford’s Textile Heritage: Woven Through Time
Our Assistant Curator of Collections, Emma Longmuir, shares the journey of curating ‘Woven through Time’
7 July 2025
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Our Assistant Curator of Collections, Emma Longmuir, shares the journey of curating ‘Woven through Time’
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.