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February 11, 2013

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

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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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