A Stitch in Time

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.

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

Amber Butchart provides a portrait of a working man.

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

Amber Butchart explores Edward the Black Prince.

Amber Butchart explores Marie Antoinette.