Embroidering Adversity in Charity and Orphan School Needlework

11/03/2021 24 min Temporada 2 Episodio 6
Embroidering Adversity in Charity and Orphan School Needlework

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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. As always, images and sources are available at @sewwhatpodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The podcast has a new website, sewwhatpodcast.com, and a Patreon, patreon.com/sewwhatpodcast.