Embroidering Adversity in Charity and Orphan School Needlework

Sew What?

English - March 11, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB
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In this episode, Isabella discusses samplers and other needleworked items stitched at eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English charity and orphan schools. Special attention is given to the St Clements Danes school samplers and Bristol orphanage samplers.

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