Sew What?
Sew What?
Isabella Rosner
Chinese Textiles in 18th-Century Britain: An Interview with Shilei Zeng
47 minutes Posted Nov 29, 2025 at 12:00 pm.
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In this episode, Isabella interviews Shilei Zeng, Assistant Curator of China at the Victoria and Albert Museum and final year PhD student at King's College London. The two discuss Shilei's research into the use of Chinese textiles in 18th-century Britain and beyond. Images and sources are available at @sewwhatpodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The podcast has a website, sewwhatpodcast.com. You can find Shilei on Instagram at Instagram.com/fashioneastandwest.