| A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 Contributor(s): Allen, Gloria Seaman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0938420984 ISBN-13: 9780938420989 Publisher: Maryland Historical Society OUR PRICE: $67.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2007 Annotation: This is an extraordinary assemblage of Maryland samplers and pictorial embroideries that will appeal to scholars, collectors, antiques dealers, and modern day embroiderers, written by an accomplished textile historian. Students of womens history and of the decorative arts will discover more about the role of needlework in early female education and in the lives of ordinary women in the changing currents of Chesapeake regional history. Genealogists will gain valuable insights into Maryland families and their migration patterns. The appendices document all known Maryland needlework samplers and embroideries. The samplers presented in this beautifully illustrated, handsome volume will inspire and awe readers with the skill, talent, seriousness, and occasionally irrepressible humor of their young creators. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Textiles & Costume - Antiques & Collectibles | Americana - Crafts & Hobbies | Needlework - Embroidery |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 8.85" W x 11.08" (3.54 lbs) 384 pages |
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| Publisher Description: One of the nation's premier textile scholars discusses more than 500 samplers and embroideries, most never before published. Reflecting Maryland's rich mix of ethnic and religious cultures, they provide glimpses into the lives of young women from Colonial times to the eve of the Civil War. Some samplers contain registers of family history; others are memorial or mourning samplers. Poems, moral precepts and biblical verses abound. Especially engaging are the samplers with "busy yards," populated by animals, birds and people. Exquisite silk pictorial embroideries were created under the tutelage of the Sisters of Charity at Saint Joseph's Academy in Emmitsburg. Unique to Maryland are the embroideries worked by the children of free African-Americans taught by the Oblate Sisters, the world's first order of black nuns. Quaker samplers are distinguished by broad compartmentalized borders filled with pairs of gorgeous flowers, butterflies and birds. Embroidered maps, all worked between 1797 and the early 1800s, form their own recognizable group. Students of women's history will be fascinated by the role of needlework in early female education. Modern day embroiderers will find inspiration in the designs. Collectors and antiques dealers have long awaited such a book. |
Contributor Bio(s): Allen, Gloria Seaman: - Gloria Seaman Allen is former curator and director of the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum in Washington, D.C. She is the author of A Maryland Album: Quiltmaking Traditions, 1634-1934. |