Season 2, Episode 18 (Episode 44)

The Needlework of Historic Boyz II Men (3 June 2021)


  • A John Nelham-style scene of Charity from a 17th-century cabinet sold at Bonhams in 2020

  • Embroidery sample for waistcoat or coat, France, 1780-95, Cooper Hewitt 


  • Sailor’s woolwork (woollie), 19th century, Witney Antiques
  • Needlework by Joseph Gregory, 1794, Witney Antiques


  • Soldier woolwork depicting sergeant’s mess and library in Bangalore, c. 1870, Witney Antiques 

  • WWI embroidered postcard, Textile Research Centre 

  • Casdagli sampler, Major Alexis Casdagli, 1941, private collection


  • Hussif by William Burwise, 1852, Witney Antiques


  • St Paul’s Cathedral altar frontal, World War I

  • Thomas Mead, 1730s-40s, Witney Antiques 


  • George Davie, 1816, Witney Antiques


  • Margareta Whann and George Terrell, c. 1800-30, Cooper Hewitt

  • Louis Hitchlings, 1784, Hap Moore Antiques 


  • William Levington, 1832, Colonial Williamsburg

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