Join textile historian Pamela Smith for an illustrated talk on the history of Russian dress with reference to items from Dorich House Museum's Russian collection of art and artefacts.

The history of dress in Russia is a fascinating one which can be viewed through many of the items in the Dorich House Museum collection. Saints, tsars, nobles, peasants and servants feature in different artistic forms and represent the dramatic change in style for the nobility due to Peter the Great's reforms, and the distinctive dress practices persisting for various layers of society until the 20th century.

Pamela will talk you through this history and show textile examples which will bring the information to life.