The cover of Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order. Designed by Peter Saville.
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The surprising role of Norwich Castle Museum in the making of one of the most iconic album covers of the 1980s has been revealed - by the man who designed it.
New Order s 1983 album Power, Corruption & Lies regularly features in lists by critics of the greatest albums of all time.
New Order closing Latitude 2016. Photo: Paul John Bayfield
But the cover of the record has also become iconic, designed, like so much of the work by the Manchester band and their predecessors Joy Division, by Peter Saville.
Textile Treasures, from January 4 until March 21, will celebrate inspiring textiles and their makers, their personal histories, creativity and craft.
Highlights include embroidered letters by Lorina Bulwer, made more than a century ago when she was in Great Yarmouth Workhouse.
They take the form of a long, detailed and frequently angry narrative about her life and the people surrounding her.
One of Lorina Bulwer’s embroidered letters.
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Also on show will be The Bellamy Quilt, an embroidered bed cover created by a Great Yarmouth couple during their engagement in 1890/91.
The Bellamy Quilt.
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