Slip-ping back into the 17th Century again!
The image above is taken from 'English Embroideries', by Mary M Brooks. Ashmolean Handbooks/Jonathan Home Publications 2004. Example 15:...
Learning about 17th Century clothing from a fragment
Have you ever seen a textile design and thought to yourself 'Where have I seen that before'? Well, this small fragment is a perfect...
The Language of Infant Clothes, c1650-1750 Part One
Introduction When I re-launched my website, I explained that, having examined many items of 18th Century clothing over the last few...
'Tis the time for Bluebells!
Can there be anything in this World as breathtaking as an ancient English bluebell wood? Blue is the most glorious of colours. Every...
