Embroiderers' Guild - the UK's leading crafts association
sharing opportunities for discovery and creativity
Apt 41 Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU
T: 020 8943 1229 - F: 020 8977 9882 - E: administrator@embroiderersguild.com
Embroiderers' Guild - the UK's leading crafts association
sharing opportunities for discovery and creativity
Apt 41 Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU
T: 020 8943 1229 - F: 020 8977 9882 - E: administrator@embroiderersguild.com
To promote and encourage the art of embroidery and related crafts and encourage the creation of fine articles incorporating the use of or associated with embroidery.
To educate the public in the history and art of embroidery and to undertake or support research in that subject and to publish the useful results of that research.
To collect, document, preserve, exhibit and interpret, examples of fine embroidery which are of historical or educational merit and to make available to the public such articles.
"Geraniums" (detail) by Richard Box
Founded in 1906 by sixteen former students of the Royal School of Art Needlework to represent the interests of embroidery, the headquarters of the Embroiderers' Guild has for the past 25 years been located in apartments at Hampton Court Palace, Surrey.
Royal Patronage was established in 1924 when HM Queen Mary became the Guild's first Royal Patron. Following the death of HRH the Princess Alice in October 2004, HRH the Duchess of Gloucester graciously became the Guild's Royal Patron in 2005.
Charitable Status. The Embroiderers' Guild became a Registered Charity on 8th May 1964.
Registered Museum Status was achieved by the Guild in 1989 in recognition of the standard of collections management applied to its collection of over 11,000 world embroideries dating from the Coptic period to the present day, and including a major collection of British embroidery.
Guild Members. A century since its founding, the Guild now has over 25,000 Members and subscribers throughout the UK and abroad, 236 Branches and 85 Young Embroiderers Groups for young Members aged between 5 - 18 years.