Tricoteuse
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Tricoteuse is French for a knitting woman. The term is most often used in its historical sense as a nickname for the women in the French Revolution who sat in the gallery supporting the left-wing poli
Contemporary depiction of Tricoteuses by Jean-Baptiste Lesueur
Contemporary depiction of a Revolutionary Women's Club, also by Lesueur
A Tale of Two Cities
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A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French
Tricoteuse
…or knitting-women, who used to take their seats at the Place de la Révolution and watch the guillotine as they knitted." In Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities, the character Madame Defarge is a particularly bloodthirsty tricoteuse during the Reign of Terror. She and other female revolutionaries encrypt the…
Cover of serial Vol. V, 1859
"The Sea Still Rises", an illustration for Book 2, Chapter 22 by "Phiz"
The seamstress and Carton, an illustration for Book 3, Chapter 15 by John McLenan (1859)
Illustration from a serialised edition of the story, showing three tricoteuses knitting, with the Vengeance standing in the centre.