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These eight works on paper from the Museum’s collection depict women who are engaged in various facets of needlework, such as knitting, sewing, embroidering and carding. Featuring works by such artists as Childe Hassam and Jean François Millet, A Stitch in Time demonstrates a pronounced interest in the production of handmade crafts during the mid-19th century’s rise of industrial manufacturing in Europe and America. Artists who depicted needleworking as an occupation for the working classes portrayed the craft with reverence and quiet dignity.