Seamstresses
- Title:
- Simple directions in needle-work and cutting out: intended for the use of the National Female Schools of Ireland: to which are added specimens of the work executed by the pupils of The Female National Model School
- Publication/Origin:
- Dublin: Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, 1850
- Description:
- The National Female Schools of Ireland were founded in 1835 to teach girls from poor families respectable trades and skills. This book was intended as a teaching aid for courses on sewing, darning, knitting, and embroidery. The descriptive text, arranged by level of difficulty, is followed with hand-sewn examples of thirty-five techniques by the students. Simple Directions was published in several editions starting in 1835.
- Citation:
- Simple directions in needle-work and cutting out: intended for the use of the National Female Schools of Ireland: to which are added specimens of the work executed by the pupils of The Female National Model School, Dublin: Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, 1850, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 18, 2024, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4145