Textiles in America, 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchant's papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth / Florence M. Montgomery ; foreword by Linda Eaton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, Florence M.

Contributor:

Eaton, Linda, writer of foreword.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile fabrics--United States--History.

Textile fabrics.

Textile fabrics--United States--Dictionaries.

United States.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

dictionaries.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 412 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2007.

Summary:

The most-imported commodity, and a highly valued one, textiles were used for bedding, bed curtains, clothing, household linens, window curtains, upholstery, and floor covering. This book illustrates samples from collections around the world, as well as drawings and engravings of the time. Its dictionary-style entries depict the myriad household uses for textiles in the period. --from publisher description.

Contents:

Furnishing practices in England and America

Bed hangings

Window curtains

Upholstery

Textiles for the period room in America

Dictionary: Introduction to the dictionary; The entries; The plates.

Notes:

"A Winterthur/Barra book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-412).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780393732245

039373224X

OCLC:

76967224