Dressmaking sampler
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cotton
Measurements
270 mm (length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670846
Summary
A small white cotton long sleeved shirt hand sewn with very fine stitches, by Lucie B[u]ce, the donor's aunt, in 1881. It has a front opening closed by one carved button and buttonhole and one in the round Peter Pan collar. The sleeves are gathered into a wristband and closed with a covered button and buttonhole. The initials 'L B 81' are embroidered, in red thread, on the front right-hand side. The front and back are gathered on to a shoulder yoke.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs D. Arnold in February 1975. 'Derbyshire Museum Service History of Education Collection' - a collection established by Derbyshire Museum Service (through gifts from individuals, Derbyshire schools and purchases) in the 1940s and stored at Sudbury Hall from the early 1970s to 2012. The National Trust managed the collection between 1991 and 2012 when legal ownership was transferred from Derbyshire County Council to the National Trust. Archival records information - "The collection was established as a result of isolated gifts in the 1940's, and the 'savings' of certain school records (now passed to County Records) during wartime paper salvage." "During the 1950s it was L.E.A. practice to hold an Easter Course for teachers, and the County (Derbyshire) Museum arranged a special exhibition for teach course. As by the mid 1950s quite a collection had already accumulated, it was decided to produce an exhibition on the history of education with special reference to Derbyshire. Consequently, further material was purchased, from which items were selected. The exhibition was subsequently shown at a number of centres, and after disbandment, additions continued to be made with the aim of eventually producing a reconstructed classroom as a base for research. The Derby Bishop Lonsdale College of Education has frequently made use of the collection in various ways."