ArtsNational Perth - History of embroidery (SOLD OUT)
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This lecture takes us on a journey from some of the earliest embroidery in England from the 10th century through the height of English work, Opus Anglicanum, to the embroidered outfits of the Tudor monarchs, through to the seventeenth century when new design ideas arrived from India and China. New techniques emerged such as raised embroidery, through to the growth in silk shading with the growth in dye shades, then to Berlin wool work in the 19th century and the dawn of art embroidery by the likes of William Morris and Walter Crane in the late 19th century. Finally, we reach the period of embroidery artists in the 20th century including Beryl Dean, Constance Howard and Diana Springall to the artists of today including Mr X Stitch. This lecture shows how much embroidery has changed and yet stayed the same over the last thousand years.
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