Barbara Burman

This is an academic study of the tie-on pocket in the UK. Pockets from different periods, of various materials, owned by women of all social classes are described and compared. Certain aspects are repetitive, but it is readable by anyone interested in such things. What is missing is a collection of pattern to make your own, however there are plenty of examples with dimensions listed, so I guess it would not be difficult to recreate some of them.

It is written from the point of view of social history. I'm reading a lot of needlework details in.… (meer)