Our Embroidery Studio was recently commissioned, with permission from Queens Park Rangers (QPR) Football Club, to create a one off bespoke hand embroidered badge. Our client, mother of an avid life-long QPR supporter, was eager to surprise her son with this special gift. The family’s love of the QPR team spans four generations dating back to pre World War One.

The football team started out playing on waste ground in the Queens Park Ward, near Harvist Road in North London. They amalgamated to form Queens Park Rangers in 1882 and settled in Loftus Road in 1917. They become well known in 1967 after their promotion to the 2nd Division and subsequent triumph at the League cup under the astute management of Alec Stock.

The original design of the early QPR badge, comprised a shield based on the crest of the borough of Hammersmith; crosslets from the arms of Edward Latymer (a 17th Century nobleman who donated money to the education of poor boys); three horseshoes from the family crest of Sir Nicholas Crisp who donated money towards the Parish Church in the 17th Century; and a scallop shell from the arms of George Pring, a surgeon at Hammersmith hospital in the early 19th Century. The RSN Studio has recreated this iconic emblem using Goldwork and Appliqué techniques on coloured silks and black wool. The piece features metal cutwork, pearl purl outlines and black stitch detailing.

Francis Peacock, delighted recipient of the completed badge commented;

“This project is a testament to both the expertise of the RSN and the ingenuity of my mother. I would like to thank all those at the RSN who contributed in any way to the production of my QPR badge. The intricacy of detail is most impressive.  The QPR club badge has changed many times over the years but the badge you have so lovingly created is at the heart of the history of my favourite team.”

The RSN Embroidery Studio works on new commissions as well as conservation and restoration.  Click here for more details or call +44 (0) 20 3166 6940.