Description
Embroidery embellished both men’s and women’s 18th century garments, either worked as a border or covering the whole textile surface. Silk and metal thread was applied singly or in combination to spectacular effect.
Students will work samples of stitches in different materials, using the extant examples from the School’s collection as a guide.
TUTOR – Claire Thornton
2-Day Course – SATURDAY 1st & SUNDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 2025
£250 full price / £170 concession price
10am to 6pm – with a vegetarian lunch and drinks included.
The course will take place at The School of Historical Dress, 52 Lambeth Road, London, SE1 7PP.
Places are non-refundable unless we can re-sell your place. This is the only way we can keep our class sizes small to give each student enough tuition (6 to 8 students per class).
