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Needlework Book

1844 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Book with a number of coloured pages, on 36 of which are mounted specimens of needlework with the names of the girls who worked them.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Needlework
Brief description
Book of samplers, specimens of needlework, Sherif Hales School, English, 1844.
Physical description
Book with a number of coloured pages, on 36 of which are mounted specimens of needlework with the names of the girls who worked them.
Dimensions
  • Book height: 9.75in
  • Book width: 8in
  • Weight: 0.79kg
Marks and inscriptions
'Sherif Hales School 1844' (Written on the back of the volume.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Willoughby Hodgson
Object history
Registered File no. 1930/10801.
Production
Samplers are signed by the girls who worked them.
Collection
Accession number
T.173-1930

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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