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Get 50% off tickets to Double Weave exhibition at the Ditchling Museum

The show offers a fascinating insight into the life and legacy of the museum's founder


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We’re pleased to announce that we’ve partnered with the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft to give Crafts members 50% off tickets to its latest exhibition, Double Weave: Bourne and Allen’s Modernist Textiles.

Marking 10 years since the redevelopment of the museum, the show will spotlight the work of its co-founder Hilary Bourne and her life partner, Barbara Allen. Though largely unknown today, the duo ran a thriving textile studio that designed fabrics for a wealth of notable brands and venues including Liberty, Fortnum & Mason, London’s Festival Hall, and even the UK’s first jet planes – this exhibition brings their legacy to the fore.


  • Costume made by Bourne and Allen for actor Charlton Heston's character in the 1959 film Ben Hur. Photo courtesy of Tessa Hallman Collection, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

  • Barbara Allen pictured at a loom with a shuttle tool in 1951. Photo courtesy of Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

On display will be a number of the couple’s most significant commissions, as well as an installation by textile artist Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings and fabric samples from weaver Poppy Fuller Abbott, who today both draw on techniques developed by Bourne and Allen.

To claim your discount, use the code DMAC50 at checkout; only 2 tickets can be purchased per transaction. Offer valid until 14 April 2024.

Above: Bamboo weave sample with Bourne and Allen business card. Image courtesy of Tessa Hallmann Collection, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

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