Could this be the most famous embroidery ever created?
Long andmired for its vivid narrative , today it is unanswered questions that most intrigue modern audiences. Was it made in England or France? Was it stitched by men or women? This aprkling lecture looks not only at its creation, but also at its amazing after life. Displayed by Napoleon to bolster French ambitions to a new cross channel invasion; cherished by Victorian embroiderers as an icon of womens' heroic joint efforts; hunted down by Hitler, who was outwitted by bureaucratic obfuscation. It is all here in this absorbing lecture.
Tim Wilcox
Educated at Wolverhampton Boys’ Grammar School, Queens’ College, Cambridge and the Courtauld Institute of Art. Has held curatorial posts in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (1year), the Victoria & Albert Museum (4 years), Hove Museum and Art Gallery (Director; 11 years) and the British Museum (Department of Prints and Drawings, 2 years). Various projects have been supported by The Arts Council, Heritage Lottery and Paul Mellon Centre for British Art, and exhibitions featured in every national broadsheet, and on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4.
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