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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