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Seasonal wreaths from Caprilands : holiday celebrations with herbal wreath lore and design / Adelma Grenier Simmons ; photographs by George Gregory Wieser.
LIBRA - Blank Collection SB449.5.W74 S55 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simmons, Adelma Grenier.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wreaths.
- Wreaths--Folklore.
- Herbs--Utilization.
- Herbs.
- Aromatic plants--Utilization.
- Aromatic plants.
- Caprilands Herb Farm (Coventry, Conn.).
- Connecticut--Caprilands Herb Farm.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (donor) (inscription)
- Simmons, Adelma Grenier (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 63, [1] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
- Distribution:
- New York : An imprint of BDD Promotional Book Company, Inc.,
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Mallard Press, 1991.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Wreaths Through the Ages
- Spring. May Day; Daisy Wreath; Kitchen Wreath; Miniature Wreaths; Heart-shaped Wreath
- Summer. Midsummer Day; Bridal Crown; Victorian Wreath; Twining Hops Wreath; Desdemona's Lament
- Autumn. Lammas Day; Lammas Day Wreath; Oak Wreath; Witch's Wreath; Autumn Floral Wreath
- Winter. St. Martin's Day; St. Martin's Wreath; St. Nicholas Wreath; Advent Wreath; Herb and Spice Wreath
- Making Wreaths. Harvest and Preservation; Making a Wreath Base; Decorating; Tools and Supplies.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.
- Kislak copy inscribed "To Fritz. All Wreath Magic. Adelma Grenier Simmons".
- ISBN:
- 079245619X
- 9780792456193
- OCLC:
- 25019767
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