The World of Erica Wilson, Part 1: An Interview with Edith Bouriez
Edith Bouriez, photo from the Nantucket Historical Association
Erica Wilson and Edith Bouriez, c. 1980
Edith Bouriez, c. 1965(?) at a New York City department store (likely B. Altman and Co.)
Erica Wilson, Elizabethan ladies in crewel embroidery, needlepoint, silk and gold threads, black work, white work, and stump work, before 1973, Winterthur Museum. Image from the “Erica Wilson: A Life in Stitches” exhibition
Erica Wilson’s Nantucket Needlework Seminar pamphlet, 1974-84. Image from Erica Wilson exhibition
Erica Wilson’s first correspondence course, “Crewel Work Correspondence Course No. 1,” 1959, Winterthur. Image from Erica Wilson exhibition
Erica Wilson, “Country Life,” 1971, Winterthur. Image from exhibition
Erica Wilson, Peter Rabbit, “Love is a shared umbrella,” before 1979, Winterthur. Image from exhibition
Snippets of Erica’s designs with Edie’s stitching, various years
- Winterthur exhibition, “Erica Wilson: A Life in Stitches”: http://ericawilson.winterthur.org/
- Bard Graduate Centre oral history with Edith Bouriez, interview with Dr Anne Hilker: https://bgccraftartdesign.org/items/show/58
- Bard Graduate Centre oral history with Vladimir Kagan, interview with Dr Anne Hilker: https://bgccraftartdesign.org/items/show/34
- “Erica” TV show, satin stitch: https://youtu.be/A93cNoBfzSk
- Erica Wilson: A Life in Stitches book: https://www.ericawilson.com/products/erica-wilson-a-life-in-stitches
- Erica Wilson online shop: https://www.ericawilson.com/
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