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TTOD152 The History of English Sampler Making

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This is a recording of a live online event held on Wednesday 4 October 2023 and is currently available to view on-demand until Spring/Summer 2024

For centuries, English girls were taught to embroider by stitching samplers. Studying these samplers reveals rich stories of girls and women and the world in which they lived.

Meet the RSN’s new Curator, Dr. Isabella Rosner and join her on a journey through four centuries of English sampler making. This will be a unique tour of the RSN’s large sampler collection, put into conversation with samplers in major museums in the UK and the USA.

Isabella has successfully completed her PhD, entitled ‘Women Professing Godliness with Good Works: Quaker Women’s Art Before Ackworth and Westtown c. 1650-1800‘.

Important information - Watching the Talk

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For details on other RSN Talks on Demand, please visit our Talks on Demand page. 

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This is a recording of a live online event held on Wednesday 4 October 2023 and is currently available to view on-demand until Spring/Summer 2024

For centuries, English girls were taught to embroider by stitching samplers. Studying these samplers reveals rich stories of girls and women and the world in which they lived.

Meet the RSN’s new Curator, Dr. Isabella Rosner and join her on a journey through four centuries of English sampler making. This will be a unique tour of the RSN’s large sampler collection, put into conversation with samplers in major museums in the UK and the USA.

Isabella has successfully completed her PhD, entitled ‘Women Professing Godliness with Good Works: Quaker Women’s Art Before Ackworth and Westtown c. 1650-1800‘.

Important information – Watching the Talk

In order to watch this Talk, first please ‘add to basket’ then go to the checkout and pay for your purchase. Once you have purchased this Talk on Demand you can immediately watch it by either returning to this page, or to our main Talks on Demand page, where you will now see a ‘Watch Now‘ button for the Talk. Please note that you will need to be signed in to the site using the account used to purchase the Talk in order to see the button. You will not be emailed a separate link to watch. You can watch as many times as you wish until the close date. Thank you.

For details on other RSN Talks on Demand, please visit our Talks on Demand page. 

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