THE MONTH SEPTEMBER
Aug 03, 2021
3 minutes
EDITED BY CAROLINE WHEATER & RACHEL NOTT
1 the ANTIQUE
SAMPLERS
As children buy new pens and notebooks for their return to school, our thoughts turn to samplers, the panels of needlework made by girls as young as eight in the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally, embroiderers created samplers to record their craft, but gradually they became practice pieces in needlework lessons where girls were taught a variety of stitches in preparation for managing or serving a household. Learning how to embroider letters from
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