Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Ronaldson, Miss
Title:
The lady's book of useful and ornamental knitting and netting work : containing upwards of one hundred receipts for executing elegant and useful articles : including polka dresses, ladies' scarfs, shawls, toilet covers, purses, handkerchiefs &c. &c. : with six beautiful designs of lace collars / by Miss Ronaldson, teacher of needle-work in the Edinburgh Ladies' Institution for the Southern Districts.
Alternate Title(s):
Useful & ornamental knitting & netting work
Published / Created:
London ; and Edinburgh : Thomas Nelson, MDCCCXLIX [1849]
Physical Description:
x, [6], 176 pages : illustrations ; 12 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes instructions for stockings, shawls, scarves, edgings, beaded bags, sweaters, and baby clolthes.
Subject Terms:
Knitting -- Patterns. | Knitting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Clothing and dress -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (Handbooks) | Wood engravings -- 1849.
Contributors:
Nelson, Thomas, 1822-1892, publisher.