Kate Strasdin
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Language
English
Description
A revealing and unique portrait of Victorian life as told through the discovery of one woman's textile scrapbook.
In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments, some her own, others donated by family and friends, she carefully annotated each one, creating a unique record of their lives. Her name was Mrs. Anne Sykes.
Nearly two hundred years later, the diary fell into the hands...
Author
Language
English
Description
Through the discovery of one Victorian woman's textile scrapbook, a fashion historian and museum curator unravels the secrets within its pages and the lives of the people within, charting, piece by piece, the whole of human experience in the most intimate of mediums: the clothes people wear.