Winifred Nicholson: Cumbrian Rag Rugs exhibition audio
Click the play button on the items below to hear audio relating to the Cumbrian Rag Rugs exhibition (5 April – 15 June 2025).
Exhibition co-curator Jovan Nicholson speaks to Barbara Smith of Roadhead, Bewcastle in north Cumbria about rag rugs and her life in the rural farming community.
Part 1
Part 2
Jovan Nicholson speaks to Lady Emma Tennant about making rag rugs herself and her relationship with the Nicholson family.
A short audio description of the rag rug Animal Squares c.1960 designed by Winifred Nicholson and made by Florence Williams.
Jovan Nicholson speaks to Cath Blundell about her family, the Warwicks, from Bankshead and her mother Janet Heap’s rugmaking.
The Warwick family
Janet Heap’s tiger rug
