Exploring the Distaff Effect: Miss Isabel Walton

Curator, ‘Exploring the Distaff Effect: Miss Isabel Walton’ research and engagement residency with Jeni McConnell. Gawthorpe Textiles Collection with Esmée Fairbairn Collections Funding.

September-October 2018

Venue

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection

Photo credit

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection

Jeni McConnell – Isabel Walton Family Map acquisition

Jeni McConnell – Isabel Walton collection research and display

Crewel work bedspread designed and stitched by Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth with lettering designed and stitched by Isabel Walton

Jeni McConnell – engagement residency in the textile galleries