I get the impression that in the nineteenth century there was "private"
versus "public" needlework. Unmarried young women, at least, tended to
do mending and make underclothes (shirts fell into that category) only
within the family (when no callers were expected) or at most, only in
front of intimate female friends. Their public, "fine" needlework showed
off their skills in embroidery, netting, and so forth. When they made
calls, they might be embroidering a flounce for a dress, or embroidering
a fire screen, but not mending stockings. Unpretentious matrons and
mothers of large families might do plain sewing and mending in a more
public way, but elegant married women, not.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
On 12/17/2015 6:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to admit I
don't read them.
I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the Jane
Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in Louisville in
October.
http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
Ann Wass
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I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by mistake) was rejected.On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:> Hi
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