Episode 79

Naval Embroidery: An Interview with Maya Wassell Smith

Maya Wassell Smith

Dress flounce worn by Emma Hamilton, 1799, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Horatio Nelson memorial sampler by Mary Gill, 1808, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Identity, Rachelle Romeo, 2018, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Parasol looted from China and given to Greenwich Hospital by Queen Victoria in 1858, before 1857, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Quillwork moccasins, 1819-1834, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Fan commemorating the Battle of the Nile, circa 1798, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Handkerchief with a design of national flags, 1817-1829, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

‘Dresses a la Nile respectfully dedicated to the Fashion Mongers of the day,’ 1798, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Embroidered wall pocket, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

William Brookman, sailor woolwork made for his betrothed’s birthday, circa 1876, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Alfred Allen, sailor woolwork with carte de visite, 1893, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Sailor woolwork picture depicting the Mustapha Pacha barracks in Alexandria, likely after 1882, © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Image from The British Workman, taken by Maya in the British Library