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The Edwardians: Age of Elegance

The Edwardian era is seen as a golden age of style and glamour, but there is so much mo...

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The RSN Collection & Archive: Behind the Scenes of the RSN Collections Website FREE Talk

The RSN is home to more than 10,000 unique and priceless Collection and Archive pieces....

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The Red Dress: Conversations in Stitch

Creator of the global collaborative embroidery project Kirstie Macleod shares news and ...

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Exploring 17th Century Objects as Makers and Researchers

RSN Curator Isabella Rosner and RSN Studio embroiderer, Tutor, and Fellow Marg Dier foc...

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Stitching Friends: Quaker Schoolgirl Embroidery in Seventeenth-Century London

Join Isabella as she explores the samplers, workboxes, and embroidered accessories of e...

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25 Years of Stitching with RSN Tutor, Helen McCook

This year marks a quarter of a century since Helen McCook arrived at the RSN to facing ...

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Secrets and Codes: The Embroidery of Mary Queen of Scots

Author and RSN Trustee, Eleri Lynn talks about the subversive symbols that Mary stitche...

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Sunflowers, ‘Souls’ and Stitches: Early Designs from the RSN

Meet RSN Archivist, Vicky Bevan, to discover more about some of the late Victorian desi...

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Tales of Textiles: The RSN Collection in Focus

RSN Curator, Dr Isabella Rosner reveals some of the objects on display in our newest ex...

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Curator Favourites from the RSN Digital Archive Collection

RSN Curator Isabella Rosner highlights exciting new objects recently added to our colle...

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Dressing Children in the 18th Century

Royal Collection Trust Curator, Lucy Peter, explores how 18th-century shifts in attitud...

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Queen Mary's Dolls' House: 100th Anniversary

Senior Curator of Decorative Arts, Kathryn Jones joins us to share some of her personal...

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RSN Stitch Bank: Exploring the Word Directory of Stitch

Former RSN Chief Executive, Dr Susan Kay-Williams, welcomes a panel of experts and user...

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The Unknown American Heiress, Alberta Sturges, 9th Countess of Sandwich

Dr Isabella Rosner reveals some of the RSN Collection’s most unique and surprising embr...

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Holbein at work at the Tudor Court

Royal Collection Trust Curator, Kate Heard discusses Holbein’s working practice in Tudo...

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The Wardrobes of King Henry VIII's Wives

Fashion historian and author, Eleri Lynn, explores the wardrobes of King Henry VIII’s s...

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Inside the RSN Embroidery Studio

Join our Head of Studio, Anne Butcher and our Studio Manager, Gemma Murray to hear abou...

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Quilts and Quilted Objects in the RSN Collection

RSN Curator, Dr Isabella Rosner discusses quilting in the RSN Collection

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The History of English Sampler Making

Join RSN Curator, Dr Isabella Rosner, on a journey through four centuries of English sa...

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The RSN and the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III

Head of the RSN Embroidery Studio, Anne Butcher, and Former Chief Executive, Dr Susan K...

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