The Warner Textile Archive has added 12 new historical designs to its range of greeting cards, which captures the diversity of the Archive Collection.
From vibrant paper designs and refreshing 1930s prints, to delicate florals, the Warner Textile Archive’s 2014 range offers a charming accompaniment to this season’s stationery launches.
Kate Wigley, Archivist at the Warner Textile Archive says: “Warner & Sons enjoyed long and successful relationships with innovative designers, and the Archive’s collection of greeting cards provides a perfect platform for the company’s creativity, talent and eye for detail to be enjoyed by a new audience. In particular, we are delighted to have added one of Eddie Squires’ iconic 1960s designs, Everard, to the range as we celebrate 50 years since he joined Warner & Sons’ design team.
Amongst the new designs, pretty, turn of the century florals, Phlox and Blossom (pictured here) add a delicate touch to the new line up, while the twirling rhythm of John Aldridge’s Ribbons completes the new line up with a nod to the Great Bardfield Artists and Braintree’s creative heritage, as well as the Warner Textile Archive’s local connections.
The Archive’srange of greeting cards has been carefully developed and refined since its launch in 2013, celebrating the creativity and dynamism of Warner & Sons and Braintree’s textile industry, while supporting continued conservation work at the Archive.
Each design is printed in the UK on 280gsm FSC-certified textured board, responsibly sourced from sustainable forests. Packing and distribution then takes place near Braintree, for a card collection which truly celebrates British industry
and design.
