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Exhibition

A Remedy for Rents


18 Jan 2016 - 10 Mar 2016

Basement, Deptford Town Hall Building. Constance Howard Gallery.

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Department Library , History
Website Goldsmiths Textile Collection
Contact textiles(@gold.ac.uk)
020 7717 2210

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

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