Reading's replica was the idea of Elizabeth Wardle, an accomplished embroideress and the wife of Staffordshire silk-dyer Thomas Wardle. Elizabeth had decided to make a full size replica 'so that ...
The Reading Public Museum ... Nearly 100 museum patrons gathered for the event Nov. 14 in the museum’s Jerome I. Marcus American Art Gallery and helped select the works for the permanent collection.
Reading's replica was the idea of Elizabeth Wardle, an accomplished embroideress and the wife of Staffordshire silk-dyer Thomas Wardle. Elizabeth had decided to make a full size replica 'so that ...