The Needlework of Aging Women in Antebellum America
by
Aimee E. Newell
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Drawing from 167 examples of decorative needlework — primarily samplers and quilts from 114 collections across the United States — made by individual women aged forty years and over between 1820 and 1860, this exquisitely illustrated book explores how women experienced social and cultural...