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"Wrought with careful hand" : ties of kinship on Delaware samplers / Lynne Anderson, Gloria Seaman Allen ; foreword by Susan P. Schoelwer ; introduction by Ryan D. Grover ; with contributions from Cynthia Steinhoff, Susi B. Slocum, Barbara Hutson, and Barbara K. Randau

Catalog Data

Author:
Anderson, Lynne 1947-  Search this
Allen, Gloria Seaman  Search this
Author:
Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art  Search this
Physical description:
pages cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
Delaware
Date:
2014
Notes:
Issued in connection with an exhibition held Mar. 7-Apr. 20, 2014,
Contents:
Foreward / Susan P. Schoelwer, Ph.D. -- Acknowledgements -- Delaware's decorative arts : historical and geographical influences / Ryan D. Grover, Curator, Biggs Musuem of American Art -- Genres of genealogical records : commemorating family on Delaware samplers -- The Philadelphia influence : eighteenth-century band sampler traditions (1755-1814) -- Quakers at Duck Creek : southern boarding school samplers (1800-1806) -- Chester County connections : the Harvey sisters (1804-1813) -- Neddlework instruction in Lewes : Mrs. Bowers and her predecessors (1806-1823) -- Private heirloom to public document : family record samplers hold genealogical secrets (1798-1833) -- Tracing initials to names : family, friends, and teachers (1786-1845) -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- About the authors
Topic:
Samplers  Search this
Kinship--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1042615