Historic Pieces of Embroidery

Whilst doing a spot of cleaning and tidying up recently, I noticed how lucky I was to have some items of embroidery that were embroidered by relatives, some of whom I never had the chance to meet. I have tablecloths, serviettes, pillow cases and a lot of doilies! I am lucky too that I was …

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Something a little different today. Back in the half term break in October, my husband and I spent the week around the house, and visiting various museums in London. Two of those places were The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Wallace Collection. The V&A is quite a widely known museum,the Wallace Collection less so, but to an …

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