Eaxmples of needlework
The Central Educational Co., Ltd., School Board Contractors, Derby
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, wool and cotton
Measurements
Book - 165 mm (width); 200 mm (height), Sock/bootee - 155 mm (length)
Place of origin
Derby
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670919
Summary
A brown cardboard exercise book with brown cardboard pages. Printed in black ink on the front cover is 'Derby Series. School. Needlework Specimens. Executed by Standard, The Central education and pictorial Co. Ltd. School Board Contractors, Derby'. The pages contain a variety of needlework and knitting samples including a pair of cream woollen baby's socks or bootees, one of which is detached. There are also button hole, gusset and pin tuck samples. Total number of items is 2.
Makers and roles
The Central Educational Co., Ltd., School Board Contractors, Derby, maker