Caroline de guitaut biography of martin
Caroline de Guitaut, based in London, GB, is currently a Surveyor of The King's Works of Art at Royal Collection Trust.
I am an art historian and curator with thirty year's experience including major heritage restoration and representation projects in historic royal interiors..
Fashioning a Reign: Q&A with Curator Caroline de Guitaut
Take The State Rooms at Buckingham Palace tour over the next couple months and you may notice the crowds walking at a slightly faster-than-expected pace through the first half.
They start to pick up speed just a little while strolling past the magnificent courtyard, and then they get even a tad quicker climbing the magnificent gilded staircases, almost all but ignoring oil paintings, marble sculptures and other royal marvels along the way.
Normally, these delights and artworks would have the tourists meandering, even shuffling their feet, to slowly take it all in, but now they're almost brisk on the red carpets of Her Majesty's official London residence. Until October, they will continue to skip past practically all of it to get to the real beauty and treasure: Queen Elizabeth's dresses.
"I remember that one!" said an American in a union jack sweater as she pointed to a royal blue outfit with a matching hat by Sir Norma