I felt that Mary was there, pulling at my sleeve, willing me to
appreciate the artistry, wanting me to understand the dazzle of the
material world that shaped her. At her execution Mary, Queen of
Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and passion,
it was in fact worn by Mary as the Catholic symbol of martyrdom. In
sixteenth-century Europe women's voices were suppressed and
silenced. Even for a queen like Mary, her prime duty was to bear
sons. In an age when textiles expressed power, Mary exploited them
to emphasise her female agency. From her lavishly embroidered gowns
as the prospective wife of the French Dauphin to the fashion dolls
she used to encourage a Marian style at the Scottish court and the
subversive messages she embroidered in captivity for her
supporters, Mary used textiles to advance her political agenda,
affirm her royal lineage and tell her own story. In this eloquent
cultural biography, Clare Hunter exquisitely blends history,
politics and memoir to tell the story of a queen in her own voice.
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