Eleri Lynn


Eleri Lynn is a curator and historian. Her published works have focussed on material culture, fabrics, and fashion at the Tudor and Stuart court.

Career

A fluent Welsh speaker, Eleri Lynn worked as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum and Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. She gained a PhD from Kingston University on the use of textiles and dress in the projection of magnificence at the Tudor court. Lynn was appointed Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces in February 2025.
Eleri Lynn is a trustee of the Royal School of Needlework.

Publications

  • "Canopied with Flowers: Adorning Court Spaces with Floral Tapestries and Hangings", in Susannah Lyon-Whaley Floral Culture in the Tudor and Stuart Courts. Tudor Textiles.
  • "The Bacton Altar Cloth: Elizabeth I's 'long-lost skirt'?", Costume 52:1, pp. 3–25. Tudor Fashion.Underwear: Fashion in Detail.

Exhibitions