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February 11, 2013

Art of Southeast Asian Textiles Featured in ANZWG’s In Touch Newsletter

Australian New Zealand Women’s Group Bangkok (ANZWG)

ANZWG, the Australian New Zealand Women’s Group Bangkok, has played a major part in the lives of many expatriate women residing in Bangkok for more than 50 years. In response to interest among the organization’s members in textiles and related cultural activities, the February/March issue of In Touch, ANZWG’s member newsletter, includes a story on Art of Southeast Asian Textiles: The Tilleke & Gibbins Collection. In its Arts & Culture section, the newsletter describes the background and significance of the firm’s Textile Collection and the publication of this new book, written by Dr. Linda S. McIntosh and published by Serindia Publications

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November 28, 2012
Tilleke & Gibbins’ Textile Collection and Museum of Counterfeit Goods were both featured in a recent issue of Priew Magazine, a local, well-known lifestyle magazine. An article, written by representatives who visited the Tilleke & Gibbins Bangkok office, details the origin and purpose of the Textile Collection, as well as the manner in which textiles are displayed around the office.
October 17, 2012
The October issue of Martha Stewart Living features a prominent article about valuable textiles originating from all over Southeast Asia. In an interview, Wipawee Tiyawes, curator of the Tilleke & Gibbins Textile Collection, provides some key background information about the firm’s collection, the different regions where the textiles originate, and how they can be distinguished from one another. The article also details how owners must be very careful in preserving the textiles with specific storage conditions and cleaning methods.
October 11, 2012
On November 23-25, 2012, Dr. Linda S. McIntosh is leading a study excursion to observe a Chulakathin merit-making festival in Chiang Rai province. This is an opportunity for culture and textile enthusiasts to observe and perhaps participate in the Chulakathin merit-making festival taking place in Chiang Khong District after the end of Buddhist Lent. In a Chulakathin, cotton specifically cultivated for the ritual is processed into woven fabric in a 24-hour period. The woven cloth to be used as monks’ robes is immediately donated to the host temple.