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Author Newell, Aimee E., author.

Title A stitch in time : the needlework of aging women in antebellum America / Aimee E. Newell.

Publication Info. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Included bibliography and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents The physical challenges of needlework -- Growing old gracefully -- The technological reshaping of antebellum needlework -- I give and bequeath this quilt: needlework as property -- Family currency: the gift needlework of aging women -- Biographical needlework: telling a life story -- Threads of life: needlework as memorial.
Summary "Drawing from 167 examples of decorative needlework--primarily samplers and quilts from 114 collections across the United States--made by individual womenn ages forty years and over between 1820 and 1860, this exquisitely illustrated book explores how women experienced social and cultural change in antebellum America. The book is filled with individual examples, stores and over eighty fine color photographs that illuminate the role that samplers and needlework played in the culture of the time"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Needlework -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Quilting -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Samplers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Older women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Middle class women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Aging -- Psychological aspects.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Middle class women -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
DESIGN -- Textile & Costume.
Other Form: Print version: Newell, Aimee E. Stitch in time. Athens : Ohio University Press, [2014] 9780821420522 (DLC) 2013041740 (OCoLC)847837244
ISBN 9780821444757 (electronic bk.)
0821444751 (electronic bk.)
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