Conserving history: a Victorian child’s...
A new addition to our Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, this velvet and silk child’s dress was...
Tag: conservation
Gibbons travels to Fairfax House – Part 1
“The Genius of Grinling Gibbons from Journeyman to King’s Carver” How do you put on a...
Putting Kew Palace to bed
Putting Kew Palace to Bed Kew Palace welcomes many visitors during spring and summer. It is...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat wrapped up!
In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat has been conserved. It is now...
Kensington Palace Gains a Throne Canopy
Its doors briefly closed, the Presence Chamber at Kensington Palace has reopened with a throne canopy...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat: underwear...
In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat was wet cleaned. Now the cream...
Queen Victoria’s Petticoat takes a bath
In our previous post we learned about the condition of Queen Victoria’s petticoat. Today I want to...
Hillsborough Castle – the work so far…
A sunny Friday afternoon and a stream of lorries trundle into site, back and forth. So...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat magnified:...
When I heard I was going to lead the project to conserve this petticoat I got...
Throne Canopy at Kensington Palace: almost there!
These past few months we’ve been busy finishing the Queen Anne throne canopy conservation; tying together...