Watch Fabric of Britain
2013
|1 season
|Documentary
SEASONS
1.Knitting's Golden Age
September 18, 2013. 59 min
The story of how knitting rose from basic craft to the height of popular fashion in the 20th century, and sustained Britain through the hardships of war.
2.The Story of Wallpaper
September 25, 2013. 59 min
Paul Martin looks at wallpaper from the 16th century to the present. It may seem insignificant, but governments have tried to control it and it has even threatened to poison us.
3.The Wonder of Embroidery
October 2, 2013. 59 min
Medievalist Dan Jones goes in search of surviving works from the great age of English embroidery, some of which survived the destruction of art during the Reformation.