Kensington Palace Gains a Throne Canopy
Its doors briefly closed, the Presence Chamber at Kensington Palace has reopened with a throne canopy...
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Throne Canopy at Kensington Palace: almost there!
These past few months we’ve been busy finishing the Queen Anne throne canopy conservation; tying together...
Throne Canopy – Happy New Year!
Happy New Year and welcome back! For our first post of 2017 we would like to take...
Throne Canopy – Going Up!
We recently moved out of the conservation studio and into the (rather chilly) Queen’s Guard Chamber...
Throne Canopy – Come and see for yourself
The main conservation treatment of the cloth of state from the throne canopy has now been completed...
Throne Canopy – Versatile Velcro®
As we get closer to the installation date, our current priority is to ensure that all the...
Throne Canopy – Progress on the Coat of Arms
At first glance, the coat of arms embroidery appears to be one whole piece. It is...
Throne Canopy – Back to the Cloth of State
In July we told you about the hole we discovered behind the coat of arms when separating...
Throne Canopy – A Project To Dye For!
It has been a time consuming process dyeing the support fabrics, net, ribbons and threads needed...
Throne Canopy – Where Should it Go?
In the Presence Chamber at Kensington Palace, HRP’s building surveyors unexpectedly discovered historic fixings in the...