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Portrait of a woman in silk : hidden histories of the British Atlantic world / Zara Anishanslin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anishanslin, Zara
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garthwaite, Anna Maria, 1688-1763.
- Garthwaite, Anna Maria.
- Julins, Simon, approximately 1688-1778.
- Julins, Simon.
- Willing, Anne Shippen, 1710-1791.
- Willing, Anne Shippen.
- Feke, Robert, approximately 1705-1750.
- Feke, Robert.
- Weaving--England--History--18th century.
- Weaving.
- Silk--England--History--18th century.
- Silk.
- Painting, American--New England--18th century.
- Painting, American.
- Clothing and dress--United States--History--18th century.
- Clothing and dress.
- British--Material culture--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.
- British.
- Material culture--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.
- Material culture.
- History.
- Economic conditions.
- Commerce.
- Great Britain--Commerce--America--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century.
- America--Commerce--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- America.
- United States--Economic conditions--18th century.
- United States.
- Atlantic Ocean Region--History.
- Atlantic Ocean Region.
- New England.
- England.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 421 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Part 1 "Our Incomparable Countrywoman": Anna Maria Garthwaite, Silk Designer
- 1 Anna Maria Garthwaite, 1688-1763 25
- 2 The Clergyman's Daughter with a Designer's Imagination: British Landscapes, Natural History Networks, and the Artistry of Anna Maria Garthwaite 42
- 3 "An English and Even a Female Hand": Anglo-French Rivalry and the Gendered Politics of Flowered Silk 64
- 4 Designing the Botanical Landscape of Empire: "Curious" Plants, "Indian" Textiles, and Colonial Consumers 81
- Part 2 "An Inventive and Pushing Genius": Simon Julins, Master Weaver
- 5 Simon Julins, c. 1686/8-1778 107
- 6 Industry, Idleness, and Protest: The Spitalfields Weaver as Guild Member and Cultural Symbol 124
- 7 "Boys and Girls and All": Male Consumers, Female Producers, and Colonial Sericulture 140
- Part 3 "Mrs. Mayoress": Anne Shippen Willing, Wearer
- 8 Anne Shippen Willing, 1710-1791 165
- 9 "As I Am an American": Performing Colonial Merchant Power 185
- 10 Hanging the Portrait: The Colonial Merchant's Townhouse 198
- 11 Emulating Colonists: Scandal, Regality, and Sister Portraits 209
- Part 4 "Tolerably Well by the Force of Genius": Robert Feke, Painter
- 12 Robert Feke, c. 1707-c. 1751 225
- 13 The Bermuda Group in Newport: George Berkeley and Feke's Painterly Craft 241
- 14 Painting New Eden in New England: Massachusetts Merchants, Milton, and Violent Refinement 254
- 15 "'Tis Said the Arts Delight to Travel Westward": Newport Merchants, Redwood Library, and the Rise of Arts and Learning 279
- Part 5 Death and Rebirth
- 16 1763: Unraveling Empire 297.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300197055
- 9780300197051
- OCLC:
- 926820725
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