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  • Horrockses exhib at Lancashire Archives, march 2016
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detail of SAMPLER 1 by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
embroidery by Fiona Rainford, based on pattern books in Lancashire Archives, machine embroidery
embroidery by Fiona Rainford, based on pattern books in Lancashire Archives, machine embroidery
embroidery by Fiona Rainford, based on pattern books in Lancashire Archives, machine embroidery
embroidery by Fiona Rainford, based on pattern books in Lancashire Archives, machine embroidery
embroidery by Fiona Rainford, based on pattern books in Lancashire Archives, machine embroidery
design page by Fiona Rainford based on patterns in Lancashire Archives
embroidery by Fiona Rainford, based on pattern books in Lancashire Archives, machine embroidery
detail of embroidery by Fiona Rainford, based on pattern books in Lancashire Archives, machine embroidery
embroidery on paper by Helen draper, artist in residence at Helmshore Mill
Horrockses fashions from 1950's
embroidery on paper by Helen draper, artist in residence at Helmshore Mill
embroidery on paper by Helen draper, artist in residence at Helmshore Mill
embroidery on paper by Helen draper, artist in residence at Helmshore Mill
KNITTED HAT by Kate Davies, inspired by a Rachael Kay Shuttleworth coverlet in Gawthorpe Hall
TURKISH PURSE commissioned by Piecework magazine. Inspired by a purse in Rachael kay Shuttleworth collection at Gawthorpe Hall
KNITTED CAPE by Claire Montgomerie inspired by books of crochet swatches collected by Rachael Kay Shuttleworth
CROCHET CUSHION by Emma Varnam, inspired by a patchwork quilt in Gawthorpe Hall
KNITTED NEEDLE CASE by Debbie Bliss, inspired by by a 20th century sampler in the Rachael Kay Shuttleworth collection in Gawthorpe Hall
Horrockses fashions from 1950's
detail of OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
detail of OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
detail of OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
detail of SAMPLED by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
detail of SAMPLER 1 by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
detail of SAMPLER 1 by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
detail of SAMPLER 1 by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
detail of SAMPLER 1 by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
SAMPLED by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
detail of SAMPLED by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS by Bella May Leonard, artist in residence at Gawthorpe Hall 2013. Stitch on pierced perspex.
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