Jacqui read History of Art and Theory at the University of Essex before going on to gain an MA in History of Dress from the Courtauld Institute. Formerly an Education Officer at the National Gallery, London, and a tutor and writer for the Open University, she has a wide range of teaching experience. She continues to lecture regularly on the public programmes of the National Gallery, Wallace Collection and National Portrait Gallery and to publish on court dress, Grand Tour portraiture and Welsh Costume as well as dress as a cultural marker and indicator of class, gender, national and professional identity. Jacqui is a senior lecturer at Christie’s Education, London where she writes, presents and tutors online courses on Art History, the Art World, and the History of Jewellery.
Pins and Poking Sticks: Decoding dress in Shakespeare’s time
A contemporary of Shakespeare informs us that ‘a ship is sooner rigged by far than a Gentlewoman made ready’. In The Winter’s Tale Autolycus peddles ‘pins and poking sticks of steel’, seductive smocks, perfumed gloves, bugle beads and other irresistible items. What were these objects and what was their role in the ‘art’ of dress? Moral messages and secretive signals in emblematic jewellery and embroidery contributed to Elizabeth I’s image as the ‘Virgin Queen’. Elizabethan and Jacobean portraits will be explored, to enable us to decode the dress worn by the courtly elite, and their monarchs.
Wednesday 5 July 2023, 10.30am
Scone Arts & Crafts Centre, Kingdom St, Scone Refreshments served after the lecture. All welcome, visitors $30. Note: cash, cheque or bank transfer prior to the lecture only (no credit card).
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