[Flowers]
Title:
[Flowers]
Description:
The collection contains a significant gathering of materials written by and relating to Charlotte, Ann, and Emily Brontë. Charlotte used the newly fashionable style of embroidery known as “Berlin woolwork” to create this needlework in wool yarn on canvas. The style was being promoted at a time when a greater number of women had leisure time that might be devoted to decorative needlework. The single sheet patterns were inexpensive and easy to translate to the canvas. The design relates to a watercolor by Charlotte Brontë, circa 1831–1832, now in the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
Creator:
Brontë, Charlotte
Source:
Needlework
Date:
1840
Display Date:
[ca. 1840s]
Hover Text:
Charlotte Brontë — writer
Published Item:
U
Item Index:
28
Item Sort:
1800s
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