Charming us with their whimsy and conjuring a warm domesticity, embroideries from the colonial era also astonish us with the high prices they bring at art auctions. A single work could take years to make, its materials could come from the other side of the world and its imagery could reflect its maker's deepest beliefs and her family's highest aspirations. Colonial women kept these accomplished works with them throughout their lives, proudly displayed them in their homes, and passed them down as family heirlooms. ...
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Charming us with their whimsy and conjuring a warm domesticity, embroideries from the colonial era also astonish us with the high prices they bring at art auctions. A single work could take years to make, its materials could come from the other side of the world and its imagery could reflect its maker's deepest beliefs and her family's highest aspirations. Colonial women kept these accomplished works with them throughout their lives, proudly displayed them in their homes, and passed them down as family heirlooms. Embroidery in Colonial Boston tells the stories of six women and how needlework shaped their lives in the colonies' most important port city. From decidedly domestic origins, their embroideries soon became an economic force that promoted the silk trade and allowed entrepreneurial women and men to profit from selling supplies, drawing patterns and teaching young girls interested in this mode of expression. At once a historical overview, group biography and richly illustrated art book, this publication gives long deserved attention to a unique facet of American visual culture and women's history.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. With many color illustrations, a bibliography and index. 174 pages. Large 8vo. Hardcover, bound in cream-colored cloth. In a dust jacket. Fine/Fine.
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Good. Size: 8x1x9; Stated first ed.; 174 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong glossy unaged paper; 120 color ill.; binding tight; beige boards have minimal wear but the glossy pictorial d.j. has some chipping at crown and a closed tear at upper corner of rear panel; faint smudges. Otherwise, "like new."
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New. 0878467785. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--196 pp.; 80 color illustrations. --with a bonus offer--
