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Author Newell, Aimee E., author.

Title A stitch in time : the needlework of aging women in antebellum America / Aimee E. Newell.

Publication Info. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Included bibliography and index.
Contents The physical challenges of needlework -- Growing old gracefully -- The technological reshaping of antebellum needlework -- I give and bequeath this quilt: needlework as property -- Family currency: the gift needlework of aging women -- Biographical needlework: telling a life story -- Threads of life: needlework as memorial.
Summary "Drawing from 167 examples of decorative needlework--primarily samplers and quilts from 114 collections across the United States--made by individual womenn ages forty years and over between 1820 and 1860, this exquisitely illustrated book explores how women experienced social and cultural change in antebellum America. The book is filled with individual examples, stores and over eighty fine color photographs that illuminate the role that samplers and needlework played in the culture of the time"--Provided by publisher.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Needlework -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Needlework.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Quilting -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Quilting.
Samplers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Samplers.
Older women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Older women.
Social conditions.
Middle class women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Middle class women.
Aging -- Psychological aspects.
Aging -- Psychological aspects.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Manners and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Newell, Aimee E. Stitch in time. Athens : Ohio University Press, [2014] 9780821420522 (DLC) 2013041740 (OCoLC)847837244
ISBN 9780821444757 (electronic book)
0821444751 (electronic book)

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