Darning Samplers and Other Needlework from the Whitelands College Collection

Curated by Vivienne Richmond, head of Goldsmiths History Department and author of Clothing the Poor in Nineteenth-century England (2013), A Remedy for Rents showcases a rare collection of exceptionally fine needlework by working-class women in the last quarter of the 19th century. As students at Whitelands College, the first all-female teacher training college, now part of the University of Roehampton, the women were training to teach in elementary schools for working-class children and their needlework focused on the production and repair of simple garments and household textiles.

Remedy for Rents offers a rare opportunity to see needlework by non-elite Victorian women, but illuminates also the history of working-class dress, female education and gendered roles, experiences and expectations in 19th-century Britain and beyond.

Late private view and drinks reception on 26th January 5-8pm.

Supported by the Goldsmiths Annual Fund.

Goldsmiths Textile Collection

Dates & times

Date	Time
18 Jan 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
19 Jan 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
20 Jan 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
21 Jan 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
26 Jan 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm Late private view and drinks reception.
27 Jan 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
28 Jan 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
2 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
3 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
4 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
9 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
10 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
11 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
16 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
17 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
23 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
24 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
25 Feb 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
1 Mar 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
2 Mar 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
3 Mar 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
8 Mar 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
9 Mar 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm
10 Mar 2016	11:00am - 5:00pm

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