Model for an octagonal work basket in fabric and straw. Embroidered initials. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. C. Bierweiler after an illustration by Cornelis Borsteegh from Anna Barbara van Meerten’s Penelope, Or Maandwerk aan het Vrouwelijk Geslacht Toegewijd (Penelope, Monthly Magazine dedicated to the Female Sex), Beijerinck, Amsterdam, 1821. Van Meerten was an educator, writer and pioneer in women’s rights in Holland.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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