PROGRAMME OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Live talks take place at the University Women's Club in Mayfair. We stream some talks, usually from overseas speakers, via Zoom. Whenever possible, talks are recorded and made available to members via the Members' Area of the website.
We also organise trips and tours for members and their guests. These are advertised in the monthly newsletters.
This year there have been several visits: in February a curator-led visit to Leighton House in Kensington, and in April a behind-the-scenes visit to Brighton Museum to see Burmese textiles not on display, as well as a guided tour of the Royal Pavilion. Another private visit to Christie's for a preview of a sale took place in late April. In November we had a curatorial session at the V&A looking at Indian embroideries in the collections. Details of forthcoming visits appear in the members' newsletters.
Our next event
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
Talk by Mark Flinn: 'The Persian Carpet Man'
1800 for 18.30 at the University Women's Club, Mayfair.
Mark Flinn will talk about the remarkable career of his grandfather, Leonard Flinn. The Persian Carpet Man, 'Tajir', was Leonard Flinn (1882-1971), who made six extended trips to Iran between 1903 and 1944 in connection with his employment with Ziegler & Co, a successful Manchester-based business which commissioned carpets from remote Iranian villages and shipped them for sale in Europe and the USA. This book draws on Tajir's letters, diaries and photographs, and forms a valuable record of everyday life and travel in Iran in the first half of the last century.
The talk will be fully illustrated by Leonard Flinn's photographs from his travels and draws heavily on his letters and diaries.
Guests welcome. Please contact Dimity Spiller to enquire.
More dates for your diary
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Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Kassiani Kagouridi: Baluch Weavings: From Museums of Decorative Arts to Fine Arts Institutes (1870s-1920s).
Via Zoom 1800 UK time.
March 2025
Exact date, speaker and title to be confirmed.
University Women’s Club. 1800 for 18.30.
Society talks are normally held at the University Women's Club
in South Audley Square just behind the Dorchester Hotel. Talks start at 7pm.
Both Green Park and Hyde Park Corner tube stations are a short walk away. Free street parking
after 6.30pm (Tilney St, Stanhope Gate, Hill St, Waverton St, Curzon St, Chesterfield Gardens)
Guests are welcome to attend for £7 a single lecture. Students £5.
Membership of one year for all events from £30.
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