With needle and brush : schoolgirl embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740-1840 / Carol Huber ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huber, Carol.

Florence Griswold Museum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Embroidery--Connecticut River Valley--History--18th century.

Embroidery.

Embroidery--Connecticut River Valley--History--19th century.

Girls--Education--Connecticut River Valley--History--18th century.

Girls.

Girls--Education--Connecticut River Valley--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Old Lyme, Conn. : Florence Griswold Museum ; Middletown, CT : Published in association with Wesleyan University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

First book to explore schoolgirl needlework of the Connecticut River Valley

Contents:

Cover; With Needle and Brush; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Connecticut River Valley as a Cultural Center, 1740-1840 AMY KURTZ LANSING; With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740-1840 CAROL AND STEPHEN HUBER; Lessons Artistic and Useful: The Patten School of Hartford, 1785-1825 SUSAN P. SCHOELWER; Object Entries and Plates; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-30941-6

9786613309419

0-8195-7229-2

OCLC:

760411147