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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

April 23, 2020 10:18 am Published by Comments Off on Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  This is one of a number of watercolours by Rossetti illustrating the legend of St. George, a Christian knight


William Holman Hunt

April 2, 2020 9:20 am Published by Comments Off on William Holman Hunt

Saints’ days were days of celebration or commemoration, though practically they became days of feasting and entertainment. St. Agnes was


William Morris

March 24, 2020 10:40 am Published by Comments Off on William Morris

One of the most important British artists, William Morris was born today 24 March in 1834. He was active as a textile


The Garden Court

March 10, 2020 5:53 pm Published by Comments Off on The Garden Court

The evident sincerity and intensity of Burne-Jones’ work means that even fairytale themes are persuasive to a modern audience. Here


The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

March 3, 2020 5:57 pm Published by Comments Off on The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was formed in London in 1848 by seven young artistic radicals who rejected the ‘loose’ handling of


Meet Kezia Cosson #BowesStaff

March 3, 2020 2:02 pm Published by Comments Off on Meet Kezia Cosson #BowesStaff

Hi, I’m Kezia Cosson one of the new textile conservation interns at The Bowes Museum. Before this internship I studied


Meet Charlotte Cameron #BowesStaff

March 3, 2020 12:53 pm Published by Comments Off on Meet Charlotte Cameron #BowesStaff

My name is Charlotte Cameron and I am one of the new ICON HLF textile conservation interns at the Bowes


The #frow in the past

February 15, 2020 5:45 pm Published by Comments Off on The #frow in the past

Today, if we want to know the latest fashion trends we just buy a fashion magazine, follow brands on social


The dream starts to take shape…

November 27, 2019 5:54 pm Published by Comments Off on The dream starts to take shape…

Exactly 150 years ago, The Bowes Museum started to take shape. The wall around the park was the first thing


Exciting times 150 years ago…

November 27, 2019 5:22 pm Published by Comments Off on Exciting times 150 years ago…

Wrapped up against the Teesdale autumn weather, a delicate French woman holds an ornate ivory handled silver trowel and moves


Monsieur Mazzioli’s floors

November 18, 2019 5:24 pm Published by Comments Off on Monsieur Mazzioli’s floors

Possibly, like me, you may have visited the first floor galleries of the Museum many times and paid little attention


Hockney and Hollywood

October 28, 2019 2:51 pm Published by Comments Off on Hockney and Hollywood

Late one afternoon earlier in the year my office received a phone call out of the blue from a gentleman


Shoes, glorious shoes

October 28, 2019 11:13 am Published by Comments Off on Shoes, glorious shoes

My recent visit to the Conservation Studios at The Bowes Museum introduced me to an enchanting pair of early 18th


Nottingham Alabaster

October 9, 2019 9:44 am Published by Comments Off on Nottingham Alabaster

Nottingham Alabaster is the name given to English medieval carvings which are small and of a religious theme. The Bowes


Medicine for those Peaky Blinders blues

September 27, 2019 5:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Medicine for those Peaky Blinders blues

You can’t be a Peaky Blinders fan and not already have fallen in love with the fashion. From the iconic