Fashion — 1889-1895
Sample, dress making sample
Dressmaking sample, 1889-1895.
Maroon wool half bodice, quarter scale, cotton lined, showing boning, seam finishing, hooks and eyes.
These miniature wool sewing samples represent the work of Miss Agnes Stageman of Stepney, one of the first dressmaking teachers employed by the London School Board. The Board hired many new teachers, but at first women were thought suitable only for teaching infants and girls. Teaching became more professional with the formation of the Metropolitan Board Teachers' Association in 1872, and the agreement of standard pay scales by the Board.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- 94.41a
- Object name:
- sample, dress making sample
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Stageman, Agnes
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- Production date:
- 1889-1895
- Material:
wool, cotton, baleen
- Measurements/duration:
- L 340 mm, H 176 mm, L 325 mm, W 155 mm, H 70 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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