The Judith Hayle Samplers by Edwina Ehrman

Scattered through museum and private collections, the 17th and early 18th century samplers stitched by pupils of Judith Hayle and her daughter Rebecca Thomson have been known to collectors of needlework and textile historians for some time. Only now has an attempt to piece together the lives, experiences and background of these girl sampler-makers and their teachers come to fruition, thanks to the research by Edwina Ehrman at the Museum of London.

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