Jane austen was both an accomplished novelist and a talented stitcher.
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Whitework was particularly popular amongst the gentry to work an imitation lace white work stitches on a fine muslin or cotton could give the appearance of lace which was far too expensive for most of jane austen s characters to buy.
This carpet above is one of the earliest datable examples to have survived from the formative years at axminster and was commissioned for the drawing room at.
In jane austen embroidery jennie batchelor and alison larkin share recently re discovered embroidery patterns from the georgian era and explore what needlework meant to the novelist in a series of essays this is an extract from the book s introduction looking at embroidery in jane austen s britain.
Jane austen completed only six official works during her lifetime.
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In such instances druggets or hard wearing canvas cloths.
Jane austen blows the whistle on sir thomas the s.
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I would by no means suspend any pleasure of yours.
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Eavesdropping in the netherfield shrubbery.
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One sees in films carpets being hung outside on a line and beaten with carpet beaters made of cane.
This jane austen blog brings jane austen her novels and the regency period alive through food dress social customs and other 19th c.
Some carpets were fitted and hard to remove.