‘Velvet’ 2006 by  Mårten Medbo; Photograph: Mårten Medbo, 2006

Back issue

North African Haiti, maker unknown cotton appliqued to sackcloth, 1.9x1.3m, late 19th century. Private collection

Issue No. 193
March/April 2005

Upfront: our regular round-up from the world of crafts. The news in brief:
Hot plates: avant-garde Soviet porcelain; Tall stories: Jon Easterby’s coastal folly;
High fashion: a new history of the Biba store