Unbound: Visionary Women Collecting Textiles (2020)

Catalogue for a show celebrating seven pioneering women who saw beyond the functional, to reveal the extraordinary artistic, social and cultural importance of textiles, through innovative and imaginative collecting. This major collaborative project explored the innovative approaches of Edith Durham (1863 –1944), Louisa Pesel (1870 – 1947), Olive Matthews (1887 – 1979), Muriel Rose (1897 – 1986), Enid Marx (1902 – 1998), Jennifer Harris (working 1982-2016 at the Whitworth, University of Manchester) and Nima Poovaya-Smith (Senior Keeper International Arts 1985-1998, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford), and presented the objects from a previously unexplored perspective: that of the female collector, rather than exclusively as the maker. Condition: fine