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Hidden Lives Leeks Extraordinary Embroiderers and the English Bayeux Tapestry 1993 by Cathryn Walton
Hidden Lives Leeks Extraordinary Embroiderers 1993 by Cathryn Walton
This fascinating book covers in addition, the work of the Facsimile of the Bayeux Tapestry commissioned by the Wardles of Leek, who felt that England should have it's own copy of the original, given that Leek had the ability and skill to produce. This is the story of the women and the people involved who made their own, first conceived in 1885.
Packed with 100s of photographs, covers aspects of Leek from Victorian days and reveals the lives of women who stitched for the famous Leek Embroidery Society. Silk manufacturers, solicitors, and surgeons feature through-out, together with numerous tradesmen, shopkeepers and clergymen.
Leek people, streets, houses, mills and shops vie for attention on every page.
Hidden Lives is a treasure chest of family names and local history, and sheds light on the previously unknown women who stitched the most exquisite embroidery and works of art.
Published by Catheryn Walton in 1993
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