Event details
Spotlight Gallery
Included with all house tickets
The Spotlight Gallery, located off the Vestibule in the house, offers us the opportunity to showcase new or interesting items preserved in the Devonshire Collections that are not usually on display.
Patterns of the Past is a display of three previously unseen pieces of Point de Gaze lace from our textile archive.
Lace was once a textile reserved only for the very wealthy, as it was made by hand and took hundreds of hours to create.
The pieces on display were highlighted by a visiting expert as being of particularly high quality and are a testament to the incredible patience and skill of the mostly underappreciated workers who created them.
Entry to The Spotlight Gallery
Entry to the Spotlight Gallery is included with all house tickets.
Further examples of lace from the Devonshire Collection are featured in our current exhibition on the visitor route in the house, The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth.
Textile Treasures of The Gorgeous Nothings Exhibition
19 August 2025
A closer look at some of the textiles featured in our 2025 exhibition, The Gorgeous Nothings.
Discovering Lace
16 September
Explore examples of historic lace preserved in the Devonshire Collections, and learn about its creation.
The History of Chatsworth
Chatsworth has been home to the Devonshire family for nearly 500 years.
