Explore the CollectionSewing Card

Measurements
17cm x 19cm
Place of Origin
England
Historical Period/Date
20th Century (1900-1929 Early)
Registration Number
1994-051
Donated/Purchased
Donated
Techniques
Surface Stitchery,
Objects
Sewing Cards,

Physical Description

A child's sewing card with pricked holes and a coloured picture of 'The Housemaid'. The card is beige embroidered in pink and yellow cotton. The card has 'Edith Rider' and an indecipherable word written on the front and 'E Rider' written in a more mature hand on the back. There is also some writing and scribble on the front of the card which cannot be deciphered. The card is marked 'Charles & Dibble, London, Glasgow and Dublin'.

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