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Weaving a story: Spitalfields and silk

25 January 2019 By Sonia Velton

Woven silk panel in gold, red and green on pale blue

Sonia Velton talks about the pioneering woman whose designs inspired her recently-published novel set among the silk weavers of Spitalfields, Blackberry and Wild Rose.

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