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Simple directions in needlework and cutting out; intended for the use of the National Female Schools of Ireland. To which are added specimens of work executed by the pupils of the National Model Female School

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Eighty-four pages of text, followed by specimens of plain sewing.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1835
Credit Line
Gift of The Cleveland Museum of Art
Medium
Medium: paper
Dimensions
H x W x D: 23.5 × 18.5 × 3 cm (9 1/4 × 7 5/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
Type
sample books
Object Name
Sewing instruction book
Type
Sewing instruction book
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