The Embroidery of Lorina Bulwer: An Interview with Ruth Battersby
About this episode
Isabella interviews Ruth Battersby about the embroidery of Lorina Bulwer, a Victorian woman known for her biographical scrolls.
In this episode, Isabella interviews Ruth Battersby, Senior Curator of Costume and Textiles at Norfolk Museums Service. The two talk about the embroidery of Lorina Bulwer, a Victorian woman institutionalised in the Great Yarmouth Workhouse who spent her days embroidering vibrant, angry, and extremely long biographical scrolls. Images and sources are available at @sewwhatpodcast on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The podcast has a website, sewwhatpodcast.com.
People in this episode
Host: Isabella Rosner
Guest: Ruth Battersby
Topics covered
- embroidery
- Victorian history
- textiles
- art
- interview
Keywords
- embroidery
- Lorina Bulwer
- Ruth Battersby
- Victorian
- textiles
- biographical scrolls
- Great Yarmouth
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Norfolk Museums Service
Places: Great Yarmouth Workhouse
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