With needle and brush : schoolgirl embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740-1840 /

With needle and brush : schoolgirl embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740-1840 /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Old Lyme, Conn. : Florence Griswold Museum ; Middletown, CT : Published in association with Wesleyan University Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 98 pages) : color illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Embroidery -- Connecticut River Valley -- History -- 18th century. Embroidery -- Connecticut River Valley -- History -- 19th century. Girls -- Education -- Connecticut River Valley -- History -- 18th century. Girls -- Education -- Connecticut River Valley -- History -- 19th century. Embroidery. Girls -- Education. United States -- Connecticut River Valley. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11119961

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	Huber, Carol (Antique needlework dealer) Florence Griswold Museum.
ISBN:	9780819572295 0819572292 1283309416 9781283309417 9780983053217 0983053219 9780983053200 0983053200 9786613309419 6613309419
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	First book to explore schoolgirl needlework of the Connecticut River Valley.
Other form:	Print version: 9786613309419
Standard no.:	9786613309419

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Connecticut River Valley as a Cultural Center, 1740-1840
With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740-1840
Lessons Artistic and Useful: The Patten School of Hartford, 1785-1825
Object Entries and Plates
Index