Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:46:28 +0200Exhibition brings Aschers “back to Prague in a style worthy of what they accomplished”https://english.radio.cz/exhibition-brings-aschers-back-prague-a-style-worthy-what-they-accomplished-8138293© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalNewlyweds Zika and Lida Ascher left Prague in early 1939 for the UK. There Zika Ascher launched a silk business that was soon thriving – and began approaching top artists, including Matisse and Henry Moore, to produce designs for a special collection of scarves, the Ascher Squares. Many of them, and other exquisite pieces produced by the company, have just gone on show as part of an extensive exhibition here in the Czech capital. Shortly before it opened, I spoke to the couple's son, Peter Ascher.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/sileny_hedvabnik.jpg?timestamp=1590414592 Exhibition brings Aschers “back to Prague in a style worthy of what they accomplished” https://english.radio.cz/exhibition-brings-aschers-back-prague-a-style-worthy-what-they-accomplished-8138293 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9