Development of Dye Colours in the 18th Century
Description
Join RSN Chief Executive, Dr Susan Kay-Williams for her final online talk before retiring at the end of August.
In this talk, Susan will discuss how hand embroidery was impacted by the development of dye colours in the 18th century.
Find out how companies such as Coats and DMC learned to increase the range of shades of thread they could make and retain the colour-fastness.
This led to the development of silk shading technique in Britain which was then applied to that other developing area of the 18th century, the work of the plant hunters, these two came together in flower embroideries often featuring plants recently brought to England for the first time.
“From here we move to the court and explore the short reign of the court mantua but we end with the beginning of formal attire, though not quite as we know it today, with the introduction of the three-piece suit for gentlemen, not the plain suits of today, but highly embellished ensembles featuring silk and metal threads,” says Susan.
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