Isabella Rosner

Martha Collymore’s sampler, detail showing her inscription (bottom) below the rose flanked by birds, Barbados, 1771. Royal School of Needlework.

Following Threads to Colonial Barbados

Two rare textile discoveries connect 18th-century Barbadian schoolgirls to England.

Annie Parker’s hairwork sampler, photograph by Isabella Rosner, private collection.

‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art

Arrested over 400 times, Annie Parker found redemption in intricate cross-stitch and crochet using her own hair.