The RESTORERS
Feb 27, 2020
3 minutes
Words Rachel Crow
Photographs Polly Eltes
or nearly 150 years, the Royal School of Needlework has carried the torch for the art of hand embroidery. Based in the beautiful surroundings of Hampton Court Palace, the Embroidery Studio at this International Centre for Excellence restores and conserves an immense range of antique pieces, from domestic samplers to historically significant tapestries for stately homes, alongside creating new bespoke embroidery. With a team of highly skilled and trained embroiderers drawing on more than a century of collective knowledge and
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