Connecticut Needlework: Women, Art, and Family, 1740-1840

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9781881264125
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Publisher
Connecticut Electric Historical Society, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1881264122
ISBN-13
9781881264125
eBay Product ID (ePID)
84251394

Product Key Features

Book Title
Connecticut Needlework : Women, Art, and Family, 1740-1840
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, American / General, Women's Studies, Needlework / General, History / General
Publication Year
2010
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Social Science, Crafts & Hobbies
Author
Susan P. Schoelwer
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
48.9 Oz
Item Length
12 in
Item Width
9.5 in

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LCCN
2010-008730
Reviews
"This volume is an innovative and important contribution to American art historical studies."--K.L. Ames, CHOICE, "The works are beautifully presented, each with its own large, full-color photo." --Maine Antique Digest
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
746.409746/09033
Synopsis
Connecticut women have long been noted for their creation of colorful and distinctive needlework, including samplers and family registers, bed rugs and memorial pictures, crewel-embroidered bed hangings and garments, silk-embroidered pictures of classical or religious scenes, quilted petticoats and bedcovers, and whitework dresses and linens. This volume offers the first regional study, encompassing the full range of needle arts produced prior to 1840. Seventy entries showcase more than one hundred fascinating examples--many never before published--from the Connecticut Historical Society's extensive collection of this early American art form. Produced almost exclusively by women and girls, the needle arts provide an illuminating vantage point for exploring early American women's history and education, including family-based traditions predating the establishment of formal academies after the American Revolution. Extensive genealogical research reveals unseen family connections linking various types of needlework, similar to the multi-generational male workshops documented for other artisan trades, such as woodworking or metalsmithing. Photographs of stitches, reverse sides, sketches, design sources, and related works enhance our understanding and appreciation of this fragile art form and the talented women who created it. An exhibition of needlework in this book will be held at the Connecticut Historical Society in late fall, 2010. Funding for this project has been provided by the Coby Foundation, Ltd., and the National Endowment for the Arts.
LC Classification Number
NK8802.H37C663 2010

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