American Colonial Needlework
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Part II of an article by Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood on needlework in the American colonies, focused on the eighteenth century. It covers crewel work on homespun cotton and linen, a chain-stitch bedspread, petit point chair seats, quilted garments and coverlets, silk-embroidered waistcoats and gowns, and needlework and memorial pictures, including Washington memorials. It closes with remarks on dating pieces by design history. Illustrated with photographs of a bed valance, bedspread, chair seats, gown front, a child's 1765 embroidery, and a memorial picture.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1925
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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