Instructions on needle-work and knitting: ... from 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
London: Printed for the National Society, 1847
The Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Instructions on needle-work and knitting: ... from 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
These two copies of a book of sewing samples were made by two young women attending a school for poor girls that the Church of England founded. The 1838 copy includes a letter that clarifies the books’ purpose: their charming miniature garments—socks, nightshirts, babies’ bonnets, samplers—were proofs of skill for prospective employers. The letter begins: “Charlotte Please, a mistress on probation” presents her work and asks to be “promoted to the rank of candidate for a situation”—that is, a job. Evidently Charlotte Please succeeded, as she gave the book to her “dear daughter,” Edith Eliza, in 1872.
: The Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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