Threading time : a cultural history of threadwork /

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"This is a book about both art and people. The author draws on stories about threadworkers from ancient literature - the Bible, the Iliad, and the Odyssey - and from more recent works by such authors as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Theodore Dreiser, Margaret Mitchell, and John Updike. Works by two Germ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bausum, Dolores
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Needlework.
Needlework > History.
Fancy work.
Fancy work > History.
Travaux à l'aiguille.
Travaux à l'aiguille > Histoire.
Ouvrages de dames.
Ouvrages de dames > Histoire.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Needlework > General.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A Time to Sew
  • 2. Athena's Gift
  • 3. Threads 'Twixt Cloister and Crown
  • 4. Art of the Loom
  • 5. Ballads of Harp Weavers
  • 6. With Passion and Thread
  • 7. Battle Yarns
  • 8. Sewing for Bread in Years Gone By
  • 9. Fortunate Daughters and Sons.

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