Name/Title
Columbia's daughters : girlhood embroidery from the District of ColumbiaEntry/Object ID
NK9212.A45Description
"Following on the heels of 'A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery, 1738-1860' Gloria Seaman Allen applies her formidable research and narrative skills to the fledgling District of Columbia, bringing to light heretofore unknown details and full-color images for nearly 130 samplers and pictorial embroideries stitched in the first year of the nation's capital. 'Columbia's Daughters' examines the political, economic, and social dynamics of Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington City, the three urban centers that merged to create the District of Columbia as the nation entered the nineteenth century. Here are the lives and little-known schools of needlework teachers and students who witnessed the emergence of a new federal identity in a turbulent time--and left embroidered records of what they saw." -- BOOK JACKETCollection
Glee Krueger CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
embroidery--history, embroidery--united statesBook Details
Author
Gloria Seaman Allen, Lynne AndersonPublisher
Chesapeake Book Co.Place Published
City
BaltimoreState/Province
MarylandCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaDate Published
2012Call No.
NK9212.A45ISBN
982304951, 9780982304952Notes
Length: 272