Pattern book
Helen J. Smith
Category
Education objects
Date
Jul 1952
Materials
Paper and cardboard
Measurements
260 mm (height); 205 mm (width)
Place of origin
University of Cambridge
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671834
Summary
A blue cardboard bound exercise book containing handwritten exercises for sewing particular elements of garments, hand drawn diagrams and stitched samplers. The front cover is detached. Inserted into the book is a paper pattern for a sleeve marked 'Fitting Sleeve'; a set of measurements for a girl named Veronica together with a list of what to bring to a needlework class; and a needlework examination paper. Total number of items is 5.
Provenance
General note '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."
Marks and inscriptions
On the label on the front cover of the book: 'LECTURE NOTE BOOK./ Name Helen J. Smith. Needlework Process Book. Subject' On the front cover of the examination paper: 'UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE/ LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE/ GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION/ NEEDLEWORK/ ORDINARY LEVEL/ PAPER II (Practical)/ (Two and a quarter hours)/ 85/ ORD. LEVEL/ NEEDLE-/ WORK II/ (PRACTICAL)/ JULY 1952/ 2 1/4 hours'
Makers and roles
Helen J. Smith, maker