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Embroidered globe by Quaker schoolgirl Lydia Satterthwaite draws attention

Original: Lydia Satterthwaite / Embroidered Terrestrial Globe 1817 🌎 Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "From about 1804 to 1844, g

An embroidered terrestrial globe made in 1817 by Lydia Satterthwaite, held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is drawing interest online. From about 1804 to 1844, girls at Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school near Philadelphia, made embroidered globes as part of their geography studies, and Satterthwaite's work is a surviving example of this unusual educational craft.

Why now: The combination of needlework, early geography education for girls and a striking museum object makes it highly shareable art content.

Lydia SatterthwaiteLos Angeles County Museum of ArtWesttown School

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• Lydia Satterthwaite / Embroidered Terrestrial Globe 1817 🌎 Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "From about 1804 to 1844, girls enrolled at Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school near Philadelphia, made embroidered globes as part of their geography studies." https://… · Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt · 15

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