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Needlework sample

Howells, Jane (nee Morgan) (Embroiderer)

Plain sewing sample, in the form of a sleeve, showing dressmaking and mending techniques. Worked in pink thread. Inscribed in cross stitch in green thread: 'J. M. 1899'. Made by Jane Morgan when training as a Pupil Teacher under the Board School elementary system in the late 1890s.

Collection Area

Social & Cultural History

Item Number

F2011.12.6

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: Hawthorn Board School
Association Type:
Date: 1899
Place: Caerdydd | Cardiff

Creation/Production

Howells, Jane (nee Morgan)
Born in 1879 at Ynysywen Farm, Llantwit Faerdre, to John and Jane Morgan. She trained as a Pupil Teacher under the Board School elementary schools system during the 1890s, probably at Hawthorn Road Board School in Llandaff North, Cardiff. In 1903, she married John Howells, who worked for the Taff Vale Railway in their Cardiff office. They had two children - Margaret Jane (born 1904) and Iorwerth (born 1907). Jane died of pneumonia in 1911 at the age of 32.
Role: Embroiderer
Place: Caerdydd | Cardiff
Period: 1899

Acquisition

Donation

Measurements

Length (cm): 23
Width (cm): 11

Techniques

Embroidery

Material

Cotton (fabric)
Cotton (spun and twisted)

Location

In store-room
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