Episode 70

The Early Years of the RSN: An Interview with Dr Lynn Hulse



Lynn Hulse. Photo by Ben Taylor.


Lady Victoria Welby (nee Stuart-Wortley), aged 21. Private collection. 


Nightcap, English, c. 1600, lent by Mrs Baker and photographed by Isabel Agnes Cowper. Illustrated in the Catalogue of the Special Loan Exhibition of Decorative Art Needlework (London, 1874).


Blackwork portiere, late 19th century, designed by the Royal School of Art Needlework, detail. Inspired by an early 17th century jacket in the Isham collection displayed at the Special Loan Exhibition of Decorative Art Needlework, 1873. Private collection. 


Floriated wall panel, designed by Gertrude Jekyll, 1874, and stitched by the RSAN, 1875-1880 for the Duke of Westminster, detail. Private collection. 
The Sacrifice of Isaac, English, 1673, Ashmolean Museum.

Vain Jackdaw four-panel screen, designed by Walter Crane, 1875, and stitched by the RSAN, late 19th century. Private collection.


Letitia Higgin, Handbook of Embroidery (London, 1880), cover designed by Selwyn Image. 


Four-panel Crewelwork screen in the Jacobean style, attributed to the RSAN, late 19th century, detail. Private collection.