Author:
Parmal, Pamela A.
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Publisher:Boston : MFA Publications ; New York, N.Y. : [Distributed by] ARTBOOK/D.A.P., c2012.
Description:174 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-158) and index.
Note:Early aspirations: Mary Holingworth English -- Genteel education: Mary Turfrey -- The domestic sphere: Mary Fifield Adams -- Economic opportunity: Susanna Hiller Condy -- Pictures in thread: Hannah Otis -- Fashionable accomplishments: Faith Trumbull Huntington -- Appendices. Boston samplers and their makers ; Dye analysis of Boston schoolgirl embroidered pictures.
Note:Tells the stories of six women and how needlework shaped their lives in the colonies' most important port city.
E-Resource:Electronic resource:
http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz377400203inh.htm -- Materials specified: Inhaltsverzeichnis
