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Creating beautiful commissions for the future as well as bringing historical textiles back to life
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The only specialist degree programme in hand embroidery
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The International Centre of Excellence for the Art of Hand Embroidery since 1872.
Based at the magnificent Hampton Court Palace we offer a thriving education programme for every level. We teach online as well as at venues across the UK in Hampton Court Palace (London), Bristol, Bath, Birmingham, Durham, Lancaster, Portsmouth and Glasgow as well as internationally in Dublin, America and Japan.
Our renowned Embroidery Studio creates stunning bespoke embroidery for fashion, art and royalty, as well as expertly restoring and conserving valuable and historical embroidered pieces.