Home Botanicals: How Flowers Have Been Used to Decorate, Heal and Nourish

6 October 2021, 18:00
40–42 Pimlico Road SW1W 8LP

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Chelsea Textiles hosts a talk and cocktail evening with textile designer Neisha Crosland and Museum of Home curator Danielle Patten.

Plants are central to keeping our homes healthy and beautiful – for centuries, herbs and flowers have been used in domestic life to clean, nourish, heal and decorate. Ever since Neisha spotted her grandfather’s edition of Culpeper’s ‘Complete Herbal’, the 17th-century compendium of medicinal herbs and plants, she was hooked on drawing plants. For this special London Craft Week event, Neisha has put together a group of hand-painted artworks that have inspired her fabrics, wallpapers, tiles, carpets and much of the embroideries that she has created with Chelsea Textiles.

In addition to this, Chelsea Textiles displays the antique documents that have inspired some of their most iconic botanical designs. Drawing on botanical objects from the Museum of the Home’s collections, curator Danielle Patten explores how we have engaged with and can utilise nature in our homes. Botanical cocktails are served using herbs straight from the garden of the Museum of Home.

Kit Kemp: A Passion for Craft

7 October 2021, 18:00
40–42 Pimlico Road SW1W 8LP

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Chelsea Textiles hosts a talk and cocktail evening with leading designer and author Kit Kemp at their Pimlico Road store.

Kit Kemp is a highly respected champion of British art and craft. In this talk, she discusses her design secrets and work with craftspeople. With a focus on the crossover between fashion and home, Kit demonstrates how with a little bit of style and daring we can make our homes as individual as our clothes. A long-time collaborator of Chelsea Textiles, Kit incorporates her love of needlework and embroidery by covering mannequins and making jackets in Chelsea Textiles fabrics. She will be joined by fashion designers Clio Peppiatt and Caroline Smiley who she has recently worked with. Together, they will explore the connection between fashion and interiors.