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Author Fowler, Cynthia (Cynthia A.), author.

Title The modern embroidery movement / Cynthia Fowler
Published London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018

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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Modern Embroidery Movement in Context -- 3. Marguerite Zorach: The Roots of the Modern Embroidery Movement -- 4. Georgiana Brown Harbeson and Her Collaborators: Establishing the Modern Embroidery Movement -- 5. Collaboration -- 6. Visualizing Manhattan -- 7. Nature as Symbol -- 8. Embroidered Portraits -- 9. Conclusion
Summary In the early twentieth century, Marguerite Zorach and Georgiana Brown Harbeson were at the forefront of the modern embroidery movement in the United States. In the first scholarly examination of their work and influence, Cynthia Fowler explores the arguments presented by these pioneering women and their collaborators for embroidery to be considered as art. Using key exhibitions and contemporary criticism, 'The Modern Embroidery Movement' focuses extensively on the individual work of Zorach and Brown Harbeson, casting a new light on their careers. Documenting a previously marginalised movement, Fowler brings together the history of craft, art and women's rights and firmly establishes embroidery as a significant aspect of modern art
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Zorach, Marguerite, 1887-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation
Harbeson, Georgiana Brown, 1894-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Harbeson, Georgiana Brown, 1894-1980 fast
Zorach, Marguerite, 1887-1968 fast
Subject Embroidery -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Textile artists -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Fashion & textiles: design.
History of fashion.
Embroidery crafts.
DESIGN -- Textile & Costume.
Embroidery
Textile artists
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781350033320
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9781350033344
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