Research Catalog

Title

Instructions on needle-work and knitting / as derived from the practice of the Central School of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, in the Sanctuary, Westminster.

Author

National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church (Great Britain)

Publication

London : Roake and Varty, 31, Strand; J., G., and F. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; and Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly, 1838.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Roake and Varty, printer.
• Roake and Varty, publisher.
• J., G. & F. Rivington, publisher.
• J. Hatchard and Son, publisher.

Description

26 pages : 9 specimens, diagram and table; 23 cm

Alternative Title

Instructions on needlework and knitting

Subject

• Poor girls > Education > Great Britain
• Needlework > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Knitting > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Embroidery > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre/Form

Sample books.

Note

• Printer's imprint: "London: Roake and Varty, printers, 31, Strand."
• "At the Central School, Sanctuary, Westminster, all the regulations respecting needle-work, and knitting, are formed on the principles of the Madras system, as taught in Dr. Bell's Manual of instructions, (1827); and the afternoons are devoted to work. The children are classed according to their proficiency in needle-work, &c., in the usual manner, with benches on three sides of a square" -- page [3].
• "List of the prices of work done by the girls" -- page 26.

Call Number

Pforz (National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor. Instructions on needle-working. 1838)

OCLC

84444627

Author

National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church (Great Britain)

Title

Instructions on needle-work and knitting / as derived from the practice of the Central School of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, in the Sanctuary, Westminster.

Publisher

London : Roake and Varty, 31, Strand; J., G., and F. Rivington, St. Paul's Church Yard; and Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly, 1838.

Edition

Second edition.

Type of Content

text

three-dimensional form

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy: With 13 laid-in or tipped-in specimens, some of which are not part of the publication. Specimens include: miniature shirt with "Girls' school / Saham 1846" embrodered in black on the breast (page 2); miniature vest (page 7); two cuffs, one with "1846" embroidered on it (page 8); miniature blouse with "Girls' school / Saham 1846" embrodered on it (page 11); another miniature blouse without the embroidery (page 12); miniature bonnet (page 13); miniature cape (page 16); darning sample (page 19); alphabet embrodery sampler (page 20); smaller alphabet embroidery sampler (page 21); miniature sock (opposite page 24); miniature shirt (verso of leaf with sock). -- With a manuscript notice (MISC 4599) mounted to the front past-down, dated 1 October 1845, by John Jennings, Chairman of Central School, Westminster; begins: "Charlotte Please a mistress on probation respectfully presents a specimen on her needle work . . . ." -- With the later presentation inscription of [apparantly] Charlotte Please on the front free endpaper: "Given to my dear daughter Edith Eliza Please on the 9th of October 1872." -- Bound in publisher's embossed plum cloth, title stamped in gilt on front cover. -- Within mid-19th century cloth pouch. -- Shelved in gray archival box.

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Place of Publication

England London

Added Author

Roake and Varty, printer.

Roake and Varty, publisher.

J., G. & F. Rivington, publisher.

J. Hatchard and Son, publisher.

Research Call Number

Pforz (National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor. Instructions on needle-working. 1838)