Needlework Embellishments: A Guide to Embroidery Styles in Elizabethan England

Join us as we delve into the beautiful and practical world of needlework embellishments on late 16th and early 17th century clothing. Learn about different techniques and applications of blackwork, whitework, and silk and metal thread. This lecture will  be richly illustration with portraiture, patterns, and extant pieces and to should appeal to costume makers, needlework historians, and anyone interested in early modern material culture.

A recording of this event will be available to ticket holders.