A Stitch in Time

• 1. Charles II

  30m

  Amber Butchart begins by examining portraits of King Charles II to draw up patterns for items of clothing that can be recreated using historical methods by tailor Ninya Mikhaila.

• 2. Arnolfini

  30m

  Amber Butchart looks at Dutch painter Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait.

• 3. The Hedge Cutter

  30m

  Amber Butchart provides a portrait of a working man.

• 4. Dido

  30m

  Amber Butchart explores Dido Belle, the 18th-century daughter of an enslaved African woman brought up at Kenwood House in London.

• 5. The Black Prince

  30m

  Amber Butchart explores Edward the Black Prince.

• 6. Marie Antoinette

  30m

  Amber Butchart explores Marie Antoinette.

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