... Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Photograph by Mayall, March Ist 1861. Crown copyright Victoria and Albert Museum ...

... Textile Portraits: Techniques featured include print, embroidery and tapestry. Portraits shown include Sir Roy Strong, Queen Victoria and Marilyn Monroe. V&A, South Kensington, London SW7. Until August 31. ...

... stitches and all aspects of canvas work. This was the intention of the School’s founder, Princess Christian, a daughter of Queen Victoria, who wanted to ensure that the techniques of needlework should be preserved from generation to 2 ...

... Queen Victoria’s Baby Robe The heart of the exhibition, though, lies in the textiles themselves. Whether you're interested in leekwork or whitework, canvas work beadwork, quilting or costume, you'll find plenty to absorb your attention. You can wander ...

... =&H i =fi§'§|fli%\ ‘\ Mg b RS S T D!!!!!es-% LT Queen Victoria set the fashion for tartans being used in ladies’ dresses and not only as part of the Scottish national costume Suzanne Lenglen, the Queen of Tennis in the °2os, startled Wimbledon by wearing ...

... ‘swimmer’s machine knitted woollen vest’, Henry Moreton Stanley resplendent in explorer’s outfit, Ellen Terry, Lillie Langtry, Queen Victoria in ‘Widow’s cap of white tulle frills on a wire frame with long streamers’. Then there is W. G. Grace, willow in hand ...

... knitting, believed to have been worn by him on the scaffold) almost to the present. It mainly centres on the clothing of Queen Victoria (over 200 items with about 20 dresses, one which she wore on her accession day and another worn at the opening of the ...

... depict Windsor Castle and are late products of the Royal Windsor Tapestry Works. They complement the Museum’s portrait of Queen Victoria made by the workshop in 1877. Farming designed by Edward Bawden and woven by the Edinburgh Tapestry Company in 1950 Fashion ...

... dainty apron, gathered on a shaped waistband and furnished with pockets. Just imagine all the washing and ironing involved! Queen Victoria herself wore black satin aprens and one picture shows her wearing one that was embroidered with flowers. Schocl mistresses ...

... babies’ robes, collars and cuffs, undergarments, fichus, bonnets. A treasured example of this work is the robe once worn by Queen Victoria as a baby, an awe-inspiring piece of work when one examines the fine stitchery so deep around its wide skirt. How were ...

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... STt iti N bee li%ii 4 H [TR BTt LM FPORT RN 1 1 thka o LR L .-G, > BB 5 G . - o Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Photograph by Mayall, March Ist 1861. Crown copyright Victoria and Albert Museum morning dress, a walking or afternoon dress, a tea gown, a ...