How to Decorate an 18th-century Pocket
In the summer of 2020, we ran a very special design competition to celebrate the release of the paperback version of The Pocket: A…
Pockets of History Project
“The Pocket” Design Competition | Decorate Your Own 18th-century Pocket
The Pocket Design Competition 2020 Unlike the pockets found on women’s clothing today, pockets in the 18th-century were highly practical, large, and detachable. Such…
A “Pocket” History of Women’s Lives (1660-1900)
Pencils, a sketchbook, cake, thimbles, keys, money, snuff – women and girls carried a startling array of things in their capacious tie-on pockets throughout…