"Remember now thy creator" : Scottish girls' samplers, 1700-1872
Entry/Object ID
NK9145.T37 2014
Description
This book examines samplers made in Scotland as well as their place in the education of girls, putting them within the social context of the period. The time spanned covers the first emergence of a specific Scottish style and ends with the introduction of the 1872 Education (Scotland) Act. The contents include a brief history of samplers, before considering the documentary evidence for samplers in Scotland and the earliest surviving pieces.
