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Touch: Fashion, Fabric and Costume in 18th-century Naples

Fri 12 April, 2.00pm3.30pm

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Touch: Fashion, Fabric and Costume in 18th-century Naples

Fine silks, dazzling damasks, and brilliant brocades: these fine fabrics ensured that 18th-century European fashion was a feast for the senses.

Compton Verney’s Curator, Jane Simpkiss explores the importance of fashion in 18th-century Naples and how it shaped the art produced in this period. The first in a series of lectures with artists and experts, each focusing on a particular sense and highlighting key themes and ideas explored in Sensing Naples.


£15 plus a valid day ticket or membership

Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable