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Lost by Schoolgirls: A display of 17th century papercuts
Rare survivals of decorative paper cutting by schoolgirls nearly 350 years ago have been found under floorboards at Sutton House.
Dr Isabella Rosner, an expert in early modern material culture, identified the paper cuttings at Sutton House which are almost identical to only two other known surviving examples, one of which is a decorative box dating to the 1680s held in a collection at Witney Antiques in Oxfordshire. The prints found underneath the Sutton House floorboards are hugely exciting, as they give us glimpses into the rich material world of middle and upper-class schoolgirls 350 years ago. Paper cutting for decoration was a subject in various household management books for women in the seventeenth century, notably by Hannah Woolley, such as ‘A Guide to Ladies’ (1668) and ‘The Gentlewoman’s Companion’ (1673).
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