Dr Isabella Rosner

Textile Historian🪡 Curator and lecturer @royalneedlework | BBC/AHRC New Gen Thinker 2023 | host @sewwhatpodcast | she/her, views own

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

The news is out! I'm thrilled to share that I rediscovered eight 17th-century paper objects made by schoolgirls when @SuttonHouseNT was one of Hackney's many female academies. These paper cuts are an extremely rare example of an art form written about by Hannah Woolley (1/2)

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

Last @sewwhatpodcast episode of 2025 is out today and it’s a good one! Check it out to hear all about textile conservation, Marie Antoinette Style at the @V_and_A, and the joys of knitting!

[Sew What? Podcast @sewwhatpodcast]

The last Sew What? episode of the year is out today and it’s an interview with Hannah Sutherland, Senior Textile Conservator at the @V_and_A! As always, listen on your fave podcast app or here: https://t.co/qP3rOvRjGZ. Here’s Hannah now and 7 year old Hannah knitting

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

I’m thrilled to be giving this year’s Kelmscott Lecture, the annual lecture hosted by the William Morris Society. I’m excited to be dipping my toe into the world of the Arts and Crafts movement. Join us in person or online! Tickets are here: https://t.co/P8C20HxIIO

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@VestidodHistori @sewwhatpodcast Thank you so much! ❤️

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

There’s finally a new episode of @sewwhatpodcast out today and it’s all about the history of punch needle! Check it out here: https://t.co/0OG43oEJ6k

[Sew What? Podcast @sewwhatpodcast]

Surprise! See What? is back after six months of silence! Our new episode is an interview with artist and educator Micah Clasper-Torch about the history of punch needle. Check it out here: https://t.co/lsDUDmFVAw. Here’s a thread of photos and links:

[Catherine Beale @CBeale1]

Ooh look 👀@IsabellaRosner this came up in my Fb feed for the #WilliamMorris society! Looking forward to it.
https://t.co/FcwrtV9kbc

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

@CBeale1 Eep! Exciting and scary! Thank you!

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@VestidodHistori @StMartinsPress @BloomsburyBooks @MMLitAgency Thanks so much!

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

Popping in to say I’m writing a book! And @StMartinsPress and @BloomsburyBooks are publishing it! I’m very excited! Extra big thanks to Emma Bal at @MMLitAgency!

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@ElizabethCahn @StMartinsPress @BloomsburyBooks @MMLitAgency Thank you!

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@NeilMace @StMartinsPress @BloomsburyBooks @MMLitAgency Thanks!

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@bluebelldreamer @StMartinsPress @BloomsburyBooks @MMLitAgency Thank you!

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@boneysoups @StMartinsPress @BloomsburyBooks @MMLitAgency Thank you so much!!

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

Best thing ever from the @V_and_A stores today: on the front of Margret Mason’s 1660 sampler are clothed “boxer” figures (little men holding gifts, acorns here). Turn the sampler over and the men look much the same but are completely naked!

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

Last year I IDed a third c. 1650-75 embroidered cabinet made at the Perwich school, one of 17th-c. Hackney's major girls' schools. This example is owned by Doncaster Heritage. The others are in LACMA & the Fitzwilliam. My article about the find is in this issue of Hackney History

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

@malfonsinlarsen @POLITICOEurope What a great time to do my occasional Twitter check! Huge congratulations, Martin!!

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Bookings are now open for the @RoyalNeedlework's first ever conference, “Stitched Together: Needlework Research and Making”! Join us at Hampton Court Palace on 21-22 August, either in person or virtually. Find the conference schedule and tickets here: https://t.co/PySGkBFfqo

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

Briefly back on this app to say I cannot wait to speak with my friend @ericanela about Quakerism’s surprising early years! Expect everything from radicalism to Quakers getting naked (!) from Erica, and some shockingly decorative needlework from me!

[The Stuart History Festival @StuartHistFest]

"Truly Unexpected Quaker History"
Talk by Dr Erica Canela & Dr Isabella Rosner, Sunday 6 July, 13.00-14.00
One of 7 talks across the festival weekend
Book your tickets now: https://t.co/d8HqEypXuO
@ericanela @17thCenturyLady @1642Author @IsabellaRosner @penswordbooks

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

This is a detail from a circa 1340 painting made by a member of the circle of Simone Martini, titled “The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine.” It’s on display in the “Siena: The Rise of Painting” exhibition at the National Gallery

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

Hello to this dude clad in hashtags in a 14th-century painting I saw today

[The Stuart History Festival @StuartHistFest]

🎉 We’re delighted to unveil the speakers for the inaugural Stuart History Festival.
It’s going to be a celebration of (what we believe is) the most dramatic, dazzling, and divisive period in British history!
📅 5-6 July, The Old Palace, Worcester ....
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