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

Published Old Lyme, Conn. : Florence Griswold Museum ; Middletown, CT : Published in association with Wesleyan University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 98 pages) : color illustrations 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 Summary First book to explore schoolgirl needlework of the Connecticut River Valley Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Embroidery -- Connecticut River Valley -- History -- 18th century Embroidery -- Connecticut River Valley -- History -- 19th century Girls -- Education -- Connecticut River Valley -- History -- 18th century Girls -- Education -- Connecticut River Valley -- History -- 19th century CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Needlework -- Embroidery. Embroidery Girls -- Education United States -- Connecticut River Valley Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Huber, Carol (Antique needlework dealer) Florence Griswold Museum. LC no. 2011011692 ISBN 9780819572295 0819572292 1283309416 9781283309417 9786613309419 6613309419

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