HCPBAC24 A TUDOR CHRISTMAS – EXCLUSIVE
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£480.00
Join us on Friday 6 December to experience a Tudor Christmas.
The day will begin at 9am with coffee and pastries before we take you for a private view of the Bacton Altar Cloth. This will be accompanied by a Talk from Eleri Lynn who will enthral you with her journey of discovery which led to the identification of this important historical piece. There will be ample opportunity to ask Eleri questions.
Following this you will be taken on a guided tour of the palace by an experienced Blue Badge Tour Guide who will show you how a Royal Tudor Christmas at Hampton Court Palace looked. There will even be an opportunity to look at the mistletoe in situ. The palace will be dressed in all its Christmas finery, and you will be transported back in time for a multi-sensory experience.
It will then be time to start your embroidery under the watchful eyes of RSN Tutors Sarah Smith and Helen Stevens who will guide you through the mistletoe design stitch by stitch. Both Tutors were involved at an early stage in researching and developing the initial 3 kits meaning that both have a high level of knowledge about the subject and will be happy to share this with you during the class.
We will break for a festive lunch before coming back together to continue your embroidery and will finish at 5pm and you can make your way out through the glittering Palace.
This promises to be an unforgettable day. All refreshments and lunch are included. You will also receive a goody bag containing a book and of course your Mistletoe kit.
Those familiar with the Bacton Altar Cloth and its history and discovery by Eleri Lynn (Fashion and Textile Historian, Curator and Author) will know it was previously on show at Hampton Court Palace and the Guildhall Art Gallery, London. Whilst it is not currently on view, Historic Royal Palaces Archive has kindly agreed that we can have exclusive supervised access to this historical gem for this event only.
The RSN Embroidery Studio worked with Historic Royal Palaces to help bring the embroidery of this wonderful piece to life and show what the dress might have looked like when it was originally stitched. Using the three motifs of a Daffodil, Rose and Thistle – the national flowers of Wales, England and Scotland we developed the first set of limited edition RSN Embroidery Studio kits and accompanying classes. The designs were worked in the same stitches; Seeding, Stem Stitch, Buttonhole Stitch and French Knots. We matched fabric and threads as near as possible to the original. The original fabric of the dress was a very special, ribbed cream silk with a silver metallic weft thread. We matched the colour and the texture as close as we could but without the silver! We chose a good quality fabric which is a silk and wool mix that would take multiple strands of stranded cotton being passed through the rib along with the thick end of the metallic thread.
We have taken further inspiration from other motifs featured on the Bacton Altar Cloth - The Mistletoe and Snail – in order to create this special Christmas kit. We will be using and teaching the same techniques and stitches and have added extra with working Woven Wheels in gold for the berries and the snail in a variation of the Goldwork technique known as Or Nué.
The richly embroidered altar cloth was found hanging in a glass case in St Faith’s Church, Bacton, having been retired as an altar cloth over a hundred years ago. Bacton was the birthplace of one of Elizabeth I’s most faithful servants, Blanche Parry, who began her 57 year service supervising the royal cradle rockers, and died as her Chief Gentlewoman of the Bedchamber. It is believed that the altar cloth was given to the church by or in memory of Blanche Parry. It is also known that Queen Elizabeth I would give Blanche her clothes and this piece of embroidery has motifs typical to the designs of the late 16th century and has a close resemblance to the bodice that can be seen in ‘The Rainbow’ portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c.1600.
You can explore many more stitches on the RSN Stitch Bank.
Please note this is an onsite class which will run from 9am-5pm on Friday 6 December at Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9AU.
Please click here to view important joining information about Hampton Court courses.
Join us on Friday 6 December to experience a Tudor Christmas.
The day will begin at 9am with coffee and pastries before we take you for a private view of the Bacton Altar Cloth. This will be accompanied by a Talk from Eleri Lynn who will enthral you with her journey of discovery which led to the identification of this important historical piece. There will be ample opportunity to ask Eleri questions.
Following this you will be taken on a guided tour of the palace by an experienced Blue Badge Tour Guide who will show you how a Royal Tudor Christmas at Hampton Court Palace looked. There will even be an opportunity to look at the mistletoe in situ. The palace will be dressed in all its Christmas finery, and you will be transported back in time for a multi-sensory experience.
It will then be time to start your embroidery under the watchful eyes of RSN Tutors Sarah Smith and Helen Stevens who will guide you through the mistletoe design stitch by stitch. Both Tutors were involved at an early stage in researching and developing the initial 3 kits meaning that both have a high level of knowledge about the subject and will be happy to share this with you during the class.
We will break for a festive lunch before coming back together to continue your embroidery and will finish at 5pm and you can make your way out through the glittering Palace.
This promises to be an unforgettable day. All refreshments and lunch are included. You will also receive a goody bag containing a book and of course your Mistletoe kit.
Those familiar with the Bacton Altar Cloth and its history and discovery by Eleri Lynn (Fashion and Textile Historian, Curator and Author) will know it was previously on show at Hampton Court Palace and the Guildhall Art Gallery, London. Whilst it is not currently on view, Historic Royal Palaces Archive has kindly agreed that we can have exclusive supervised access to this historical gem for this event only.
The RSN Embroidery Studio worked with Historic Royal Palaces to help bring the embroidery of this wonderful piece to life and show what the dress might have looked like when it was originally stitched. Using the three motifs of a Daffodil, Rose and Thistle – the national flowers of Wales, England and Scotland we developed the first set of limited edition RSN Embroidery Studio kits and accompanying classes. The designs were worked in the same stitches; Seeding, Stem Stitch, Buttonhole Stitch and French Knots. We matched fabric and threads as near as possible to the original. The original fabric of the dress was a very special, ribbed cream silk with a silver metallic weft thread. We matched the colour and the texture as close as we could but without the silver! We chose a good quality fabric which is a silk and wool mix that would take multiple strands of stranded cotton being passed through the rib along with the thick end of the metallic thread.
We have taken further inspiration from other motifs featured on the Bacton Altar Cloth – The Mistletoe and Snail – in order to create this special Christmas kit. We will be using and teaching the same techniques and stitches and have added extra with working Woven Wheels in gold for the berries and the snail in a variation of the Goldwork technique known as Or Nué.
The richly embroidered altar cloth was found hanging in a glass case in St Faith’s Church, Bacton, having been retired as an altar cloth over a hundred years ago. Bacton was the birthplace of one of Elizabeth I’s most faithful servants, Blanche Parry, who began her 57 year service supervising the royal cradle rockers, and died as her Chief Gentlewoman of the Bedchamber. It is believed that the altar cloth was given to the church by or in memory of Blanche Parry. It is also known that Queen Elizabeth I would give Blanche her clothes and this piece of embroidery has motifs typical to the designs of the late 16th century and has a close resemblance to the bodice that can be seen in ‘The Rainbow’ portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c.1600.
You can explore many more stitches on the RSN Stitch Bank.
Please note this is an onsite class which will run from 9am-5pm on Friday 6 December at Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9AU.
Please click here to view important joining information about Hampton Court courses.
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