Royal School of Needlework 'Training School' record
Date
Jan. 1938-Jul. 1956
Level of description
Item
Creator
Scope and content
Royal School of Needlework Training School record of techniques learnt by each student and accounts for materials. The Royal School of Art Needlework first set up its 'Training School' in 1895 offering two year certificate or 3 year diploma courses. The curriculum was designed to enable students to teach and to earn their living through embroidery and included plain sewing, design, and embroidery techniques. It took advantage of the Technical Instruction Act 1889 that allowed local authorities to use rates to fund technical or manual instruction and was part of a wider expansion of the school's purpose and premises.
This volume shows expenses charged to the students for various materials and records some of the techniques and samples they were working on. These include; basic stitches, simple applique, Old English (which may refer to Jacobean Crewel work), simple whitework, laid silk, canvas work, churchwork, drawn thread, smocking and silk shading. It also shows that some students were working their own designs.
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This volume shows expenses charged to the students for various materials and records some of the techniques and samples they were working on. These include; basic stitches, simple applique, Old English (which may refer to Jacobean Crewel work), simple whitework, laid silk, canvas work, churchwork, drawn thread, smocking and silk shading. It also shows that some students were working their own designs.
Searchable via https://www.findmypast.co.uk/partners/royal-school-of-needlework
Reference code
MS 16
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