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Article: VICTORIAN LEGACY NEEDLEWORK THAT'S TURN-OF-THIS-CENTURY SMART.(Home Front)(DOMESTIC ARTS Page)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- September 6, 1998
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Byline: Kathryn Severns Special to the News
Needlework was the pastime of choice among ladies of the Victorian era.
Women of the new middle class took great social pride in their ability to fill their days with leisure activities while performing as little domestic work as possible.
But with so many idle hours on their hands, something was needed to keep them from becoming bored. Needlework filled that void.
Technology, which played an important part in the creation of this new middle class, also played a role in the popularization of needlework. The development of colorful aniline dyes, the use of printing presses to print large ...