An Unbroken Thread: Celebrating 150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework
An Unbroken Thread: Celebrating 150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework
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An Unbroken Thread: Celebrating 150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework
W036613 | $50.00 / 10% library disc.
Exhibition Catalog
Susan Kay-Williams. Royal School of Needlework, London, 2022. Published by ACC Art Books.
224 pp. Well illustrated (chiefly col.). 27 x 22 cm. In English. Hardcover.
ISBN 9781788841627
Published on occasion of the related exhibition, 150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework: From Crown to Catwalk, at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, 2022, but does not specifically document it. Publisher's description: Many initiatives to support women were begun in the late 1800s, but the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) is one of the few that remain. This initiative was born from the desire of three women – Princess Helena, Lady Victoria Welby and Lady Marian Alford – to popularise the lost art of ornamental needlework and place it on a par with other decorative arts, such as painting and sculpture. Their other, yet no less important goal was to provide employment for women compelled to earn their own livelihood. Though women are no longer so limited in occupational options, the RSN has been keeping traditional embroidery techniques alive for a century and a half. Published to coincide with the RSN’s 150th anniversary, this book will tell the story of the RSN from its founding in 1872 to the current day. It will highlight key people, royal and other special commissions, the changing fortunes of the school as fashions changed and the approach to teaching hand embroidery, as well as bringing attention to the role and position of the RSN historically and today, associating with everyone from society ladies and theatre impresarios in the late 19th century to working with fashion designers Patrick Grant, Nicholas Oakwell and Alexander McQueen, and architects in the 21st century.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Great Britain -- 1900-1945 ; Post-1945 -- Textile/Fiber Arts -- Decorative Arts and Design --
W036613 | $50.00 / 10% library disc.
Exhibition Catalog
Susan Kay-Williams. Royal School of Needlework, London, 2022. Published by ACC Art Books.
224 pp. Well illustrated (chiefly col.). 27 x 22 cm. In English. Hardcover.
ISBN 9781788841627
Published on occasion of the related exhibition, 150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework: From Crown to Catwalk, at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, 2022, but does not specifically document it. Publisher's description: Many initiatives to support women were begun in the late 1800s, but the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) is one of the few that remain. This initiative was born from the desire of three women – Princess Helena, Lady Victoria Welby and Lady Marian Alford – to popularise the lost art of ornamental needlework and place it on a par with other decorative arts, such as painting and sculpture. Their other, yet no less important goal was to provide employment for women compelled to earn their own livelihood. Though women are no longer so limited in occupational options, the RSN has been keeping traditional embroidery techniques alive for a century and a half. Published to coincide with the RSN’s 150th anniversary, this book will tell the story of the RSN from its founding in 1872 to the current day. It will highlight key people, royal and other special commissions, the changing fortunes of the school as fashions changed and the approach to teaching hand embroidery, as well as bringing attention to the role and position of the RSN historically and today, associating with everyone from society ladies and theatre impresarios in the late 19th century to working with fashion designers Patrick Grant, Nicholas Oakwell and Alexander McQueen, and architects in the 21st century.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Great Britain -- 1900-1945 ; Post-1945 -- Textile/Fiber Arts -- Decorative Arts and Design --
