Miriam and her friends and family have put 100 hours into creating a beautiful Jane Austen themed window display at Bath Assembly Rooms.
The project is made of paper and is part of a series of illuminations around Bath to light up prominent buildings in Bath, and with inspiration from the Jane Austen tour of Bath Assembly Rooms, specific details were included to celebrate Jane Austen’s association with the venue, and the inclusion of it in her novels.
The purple window shows Jane Austen (holding a goose-quill pen), her sister and best friend Cassandra (holding a fan) and her father, Rev George Austen (holding a Bible) who was the reason the Austen family moved to Bath in 1801.
The middle window depicts the main characters from Austen’s 1817 novel Persuasion, Captain Frederick Wentworth and Ann Elliot, under the chandelier in the Octagon Room of Bath Assembly Rooms. The orange window depicts the protagonist from Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland, with her arm linked with Mrs Allen as Mr Allen leaves them on their own, from a scene in Northanger Abbey.
We would like to share a big thank you to all the people that helped Miriam put the project together – Charlotte Howard @capabilitycharlotte , Perrine Maillot, Iorwerth Mitchell, Digby from the National Trust, our Bath BID Rangers; Kyle, Craig and Roland, Rachel Dahl for teaching Miriam the technique and Alana, Alice, Ruth, Hazel and Duncan at the Assembly Rooms for their support.