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The Documentary: Moving Pictures: Moving Pictures: Ann West's Patchwork

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17/01/2018 GMT

Moving Pictures: Ann West's Patchwork

Moving Pictures

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Moving Pictures, Moving Pictures: Ann West's Patchwork

Discover life in Regency England through the extraordinary detail of Ann West's Coverlet

Discover life in Regency England through the extraordinary detail of Ann West's Coverlet, using your phone, tablet or computer.

Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces, using your phone, tablet or computer.
In episode one, stroll along the highstreet of a market town in Regency England – as imagined in a one-of-a-kind patchwork bedcover, held in the collection of the V&A Museum. This needlework masterpiece features tiny applique scenes of everyday life: children flying kites, chimney sweeps heading home from work, a fishwife off to market. Cathy FitzGerald asks if one of the little characters might be the maker herself.

(Photo: Coverlet by Ann West, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Acquired with the support of the Friends of the V&A)

The Documentary: Moving Pictures

Cathy FitzGerald invites you take some time to discover new details in an old masterpiece, using your phone, tablet or computer.

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