Season 2, Episode 6 (Episode 32)

Embroidering Adversity in Charity and Orphan School Needlework (11 March 2021)

  • Mary Derow, sampler, St Clement Danes School, 1723, from the Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Rebekah Rowe, sampler, 1731, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Pin cushion, Cheltenham Female Orphan Asylum, 19 May 1806, from the-saleroom.com
  • Initialled L.R., pocket sampler, c. 1800, from Witney Antiques
  • Watch holder, watch glass cover, three samplers, M. Elliott, 30 June 1822, from Witney Antiques
  • Pocket and cushion set, 1857, from Witney Antiques
  • M.A. Tipper, sampler, Bristol Orphanage, 1868, from the Fitzwilliam Museum

  • Instructions on Needlework and Knitting as derived from the Practice of the Central School for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church in the Sanctuary, Westminster, 1838, from the Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Instructions on Needlework and Knitting as derived from the Practice of the Central School for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church in the Sanctuary, Westminster, 1838, from the Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Sources
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