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Christy Gordon Baty and Erin Harvey Moody

are needlework historians and partners in Relics In Situ. Erin is a certified Costume and Textile Collections Manager. Christy earned her Master’s Degree in History focusing on women’s contribution to early modern embroidery. They both studied historical embroidery technique at the Royal School of Needlework. Christy and Erin received a Folger Institute Public Humanities Fellowship to present their work at the Esther Inglis Symposium at the University of Edinburgh in Fall 2024.
Covering Esther, or What Happens When Renaissance Woman Esther Inglis Exchanges Her Brush and Pen for a Needle: Examining Embroidery Through Reproduction
A picture of the brownish velvet book and the bright red book in an exhibition case together
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Covering Esther, or What Happens When Renaissance Woman Esther Inglis Exchanges Her Brush and Pen for a Needle: Examining Embroidery Through Reproduction

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Christy Gordon Baty and Erin Harvey Moody

A behind the scenes look at the creation of a reproduction of one of the embroidered bindings on display in Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis.