Die kleine Wirthschafterin : ein Lese- und Bilderbuch für Mädchen von 8 bis 14 Jahren, die einst gute Hausfrauen werden wollen
A German children's reading and picture book from 1821 by Johann Gottlieb Ziehnert, published by Friese, written for girls aged eight to fourteen who hoped to become good housewives. Its hand-coloured copperplate scenes show domestic work in a kitchen, a storeroom, a sewing room and a cellar, with tidy rooms, wooden barrels and bottled stores. A designer could draw on their warm, orderly interiors and the period costume of aprons, bonnets and long dresses for historical domestic settings.
