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Out Shopping Q&A with Asta Darling & Curator Hannah Lund
See behind the scenes of the making of the #OutShopping exhibition as @AstaDarling asks Curator Hannah Lund your must-know questions.
👗 Out Shopping: The Dresses of Marion and Maud Sambourne (1880-1910)
📅 Open until 20 October 2024
📍 Leighton House and Sambourne House, Kensington, London, UK
⭐The Out Shopping Exhibition Experience⭐
🏡 At Leighton House (the exhibition galleries)...
• Out Shopping: The Dresses of Marion and Maud Sambourne (1880-1910)
• Out in Paris: Linley Sambourne's Street Photography (1906)
🏡 At Sambourne House...
• Visit the Sambourne family home and explore its inspiring interiors
• See one of Maud’s outfits displayed in the main bedroom
• Watch ‘Behind the Seams’ a short film about the fascinating conservation of the dresses by Janie Lightfoot Textiles
Visit the exhibition:
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/out-shopping
Watch 'Behind the Seams' about the conservation of the dresses:
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Read more about Victorian and Edwardian dressmakers:
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/out-shopping-dressmakers
Film by Iron & Glass.
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Get ready 1880s style with @AstaDarling at Sambourne House, the Victorian family home whose dresses take centre-stage in the exhibition 'Out Shopping: The Dresses of Marion and Maud Sambourne (1880-1910)' at Sambourne House and Leighton House in Kensington, London. Stay tuned for Part 2 as Asta Darling visits the #OutShopping exhibition gallery and asks Curator Hannah Lund your must-know questi...
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