Dressmaking sampler
Sophie Golden
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1892
Materials
Cotton and lace
Measurements
215 mm (length)
Place of origin
Westgate House
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665363
Summary
A doll's cotton dress sampler with pin tucks to the front and lace edging to the neck, with short sleeves and a jabot (circa 1892). The neck is fastened by a button. This item is possibly the work of Sophie Golden, aged sixteen years, a pupil of Westgate House, Peterborough. Conducted by Miss Willoughby.
Provenance
Loaned to the Museum of Childhood by the Betty Cadbury Trust Sudbury in November 1993.
Makers and roles
Sophie Golden, maker