The Stuff That Matters, textiles collected by Seth Siegelaub for the CSROT - Raven Row 2012

This publication complemented the first exhibition of the CSROT Historic Textile Collection by considering the biography of its founder, Seth Siegelaub, whose lifelong interests, besides conceptual art practice and the politics of communication, include the social history of handwoven textiles.
Curated by Sara Martinetti, Alice Motard and Alex Sainsbury, the exhibition has reflected, among other things, on the geographic and historic context of its setting. Situated in the former silk-weaving district of Spitafields, Raven Row is housed in buildings on Artillery Lane, which in 1754 were converted by two Huguenot silk merchants into shops when the street's name was Raven Row. In 1766 an import ban on foreign woven silk helped develop a lucrative textile industry in Spitafields. The end of this embargo in 1824, together with other factors, led to its collapse, leaving the area to fall into poverty until its proximity to the burgeonning financial services district allowed it to prosper again.

70p - EN - 17.5x26.2cm - softcover - great condition