Kitty Merrett's Gorgeous Early 20th C. Schoolgirl Sewing Practice Book 1880s picture book So this poster comes from

So this poster comes from its heyday

"Pentateuch"

but what a lovely thing

which I purchased online from a seller who did not know anything about it--I was just immediately taken with the evocativeness of the portrait

9 1/4" w x 6 1/8" t x 3/4" d

Kitty Merrett's Gorgeous Early 20th C. Schoolgirl Sewing Practice Book 1880s picture book So this poster comes fromThe more time I've spent with this, the more each page feels to me like a painting, comprised of several different sewing samples stitched to brown paper in chance compositions that feel like little Agnes Martin's or Richard Tuttle's. Plus a perfect palette of white and pink and red and blues of various shades. The notebook itself is British, 1910 20s I believe, kept by a Gladys (aka Kitty, as she wrote of the first inside page) Merrett. Samples cover