At the end of the 19th century, a woman named Agnes Richter was an inmate in a mental asylum in Austria. Before she was incarcerated she was a seamstress, and during her confinement she embroidered her hospital-issued uniform jacket with an elaborate text relating her life story. The text doesn't always follow a linear narrative and is often so densely embroidered that it's illegible.
I've been trying to find more about Agnes Richter online, but every site seems to have these same few bits and pieces. I feel like this jacket is just begging for a really great art historical essay.
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This sounds absolutely incredible - what a discovery!
-Anushka
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I saw this jacket a couple of years ago at the 'Inner Worlds Outside' exhibition in London- i'm a bit obsessed with it too, and am including it in my 'hypothetical' exhibtion proposal for my MA. Would love to find out more- there's a bit in Raw Vision magazine that I found.
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