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A STITCH IN TIME
The Marian Hanging is underpinned by political intrigue
Replica embroidery hanging reveals the story of a captive Mary Queen of Scots
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t has taken more than 7,337 hours of work by 33 volunteer stitchers. Now, the replica of a hanging embroidered by Mary Queen of Scots during her years of imprisonment is to be unveiled. The volunteer embroidery team, recruited from
Edinburgh and beyond, have helped recreate the Marian Hanging using traditional colours, tools and methods. Visitors will be able to see the replica in the Royal Apartment at Edinburgh Castle from Easter. The original work is one of a triptych
of hangings that has been at Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, since 1761. Of the three
Oxburgh Hangings, the Marian Hanging is most closely associated with Mary. Made up of 37 embroidered panels – 18 bearing the queen’s initials – Mapping out it is underpinned a panel for the replica hanging
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