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COMBINATION ROSE
More than 85 years old. Colours: rose, pink, and green
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DOUBLE TULIP
Made in Ohio, date unknown. The tulips are made of red calico covered with small yellow flowers. The roses have yellow centres
During the Middle Ages instruction in the use of the needle was considered a necessary part of the English girl’s education. By the seventeenth century “working fine works with the needle” was considered of equal importance with singing, dancing, and French in the accomplishments of a lady of quality. In the eighteenth century much the same sentiment prevailed, and Lady Montagu is quoted as saying: “It is as scandalous for a woman not to know how to use a needle as for a man not to know how to use a sword.”