Conserving history: a Victorian child’s...
A new addition to our Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection, this velvet and silk child’s dress was...
Tag: Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria’s White Wedding
Today, a white dress is synonymous with a traditional wedding, and any other colour can seem...
Reopening a Revealing Exhibition on Queen Victoria
This month, Victoria Revealed, an exhibition about the life of Queen Victoria, reopened at Kensington Palace...
Victorian Gift Guide, Issue #5 December 1867
In many ways, Christmas as we know it was designed by the Victorians. Although the day...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat wrapped up!
In the last post we saw how Queen Victoria’s petticoat has been conserved. It is now...
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...
Queen Victoria’s petticoat magnified:...
When I heard I was going to lead the project to conserve this petticoat I got...
Queen Victoria’s Petticoat: a rare survivor...
Welcome to this blog series on the conservation of our latest acquisition, a beautiful cotton lawn...
Victoria and Albert – a romance
By 14 February 1840 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had been married four days. Like any...