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In the sixteenth century, Bess of Hardwick had her embroiderers, employees of her noble household, create a series of wall tapestries for her. These six tapestries depicted noblewomen with personifications of their virtues alongside.

I first discovered these tapestries via a book I was reading many years ago. I researched further and became enchanted wit…