As of June this year, the National Portrait Gallery reopened its doors to visitors having undergone considerable refurbishment. The cloth selected by the National Portrait Gallery was woven by Gainsborough in 100% wool and is specially suited to the purpose. Namely – moisture wicking, durable, sound dampening, light absorbing and forgiving when it comes to the repositioning of hooks and nails required to hang great works of art.
In the film below with Lucy Peltz, Senior Curator of 18th Century Collections, and Neil Thomas, Managing Director of Gainsborough Silk Weaving, find out more about the process of producing the fabric walling used throughout the National Portrait Gallery.
Video courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery