WOW. Not only very moving, but being able to really look closely at the fabrics, ribbons and embroidery was wonderful.
Yours in cosutming, Li sa a On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:52:34 +0000 Linda Walton <linda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com> writes: > Here is a link to the exhibition of textile items left with abandoned > > babies at the London Foundling Hospital in the eighteenth century. > There are all sorts of things - ribbons, sleeves, embroidery, > prints, > fabrics of all sorts, along with the contemporary description. > > Warning: it's very sad! > > http://www.threadsoffeeling.com/ > > If you click on the writing under the "Coram" logo, it should go to > a > slide show, (with the same web address, so I can't give it > separately), > which shows the samples pinned to the pages of the register, one > page > completed for each foundling admitted. > > Linda Walton, > (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
