Episode 21

Episode 21 – The Art of Craft: Needlework in the Art and Craft Debate (1 October 2020)

  • Printwork embroidered picture, “Ruins of Rome,” early 19th century, from LACMA
  • Mary Linwood, portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1825, from the Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Mary Delany, embroidered petticoat, from a private collection
  • Mary Delany, paper mosaic, Rosa Galicia, 1782, from the British Museum
  • Mary Knowles, self portrait, 1779, from the Royal Collection Trust
  • Ann Macbeth, embroidered panel, sold by Lyon and Turnbull
  • Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, embroidered panels, c. 1902-4, from Glasgow Museum of Art
  • Faith Ringgold, The Quilting Bee at Arles, 1996
  • Faith Ringgold, Dancing at the Louvre, 1991, from Gund Gallery
  • Bisa Butler, The Storm, The Whirlwind, and the Earthquake, 2020
  • Photograph of Frederick Douglass, c. 1847-52, from the Art Institute of Chicago

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