Weaving in a Westchester Farm House
Sample pages
Page 3, at reduced quality. Open the document to read every page in full.
A 1906 essay on the revival of hand weaving and other handicrafts on an isolated Westchester County, New York farm, where a family wove textiles and made furniture and copper utensils in off-hours from farm work. Blatch argues for the economic and social worth of handicraft, discussing consumer demand for hand-made goods, the example of William Morris and Ruskin, the craftsman's need for skill and business sense, and craft work as a solution for married women's employment. It includes photographs titled 'Products of a Westchester Farm' and 'At the Loom'; there is no technical weaving instruction.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1906
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
(A free account is all you need)
From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
Have missing pages or a better copy of this document, or another document to share? Contributing documents »