book project, pages 73 and 74

This book is titled 'Women and Other Women' by Hildegarde Hawthorn. These are photos of the 73rd and 74th pages, the front and back of the 19th photo. I'm hand-sewing the photographs into the book, correlating the image with the text on the page. (The text is painted over, but is not opaque.) When you flip through the book, you see the image, the stitching a, and the back/reverse stitchings, which are often more interesting than the fronts. 

Sewing is traditionally a Woman's task, as is the time spent sewing. White paint is used on house interiors to cover up things that shouldn't be seen. Women are constantly in relation to Other Women. 

detail: "She is a shrewd and keen observer, with a sharp tongue and a love of gossip. Her letters are filled with news, by which she invariably means scandal. By a lack of tact and a fondness for what she terms plain-speaking, she managed to get into a good deal of trouble of one sort and another. She is, indeed, a very human person, thoroughly interested in the haps and mishaps of those who make up her world."