Sampler book
Mary Oakes
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card, paper and fabric
Measurements
164 mm (height); 164 mm (width)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671430
Summary
A sampler album made of card and paper, hand-stitched at the spine. Each page has stitched to it an example of the exercise in needlecraft necessary in that craft. One sample indicates that they were made at Smethick Grove School, and a title page indicates that they were made by Mary Oakes, aged 12 years. The cover is marble, mottled brown in colour the spine of blue coloured leather glued in place.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by the Misses Bent in August 1948. 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."
Marks and inscriptions
Inside the front cover: 'Miss Grafton/ 44 Lansdown Place' 'Pattern Book/ containing/ specimins of work/ doneat/ Smethwick Grove/ School/ by Mary Oakes/ aged 12 years/ 1834 Price 2/6' Inside the rear of the book: 'DERBYSHIRE EDUCATION COMMITTEE/ MUSEUM SERVICE' Inside the rear cover: '19.8.81'
Makers and roles
Mary Oakes, author