American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820
Subtitle: A Guide to Identification and Interpretation (American Association for State and Local History Book Series)
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: September 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780759105898
Subjects: Costume; Textile arts; Fashion & Grooming; Design - Textile & Costume; United States - Colonial Period; Art; USA; History; Beauty & Grooming - General; Reference - General; Art / Design / Textile & Costume; American - General; Dress accessories; United States
Description: "Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume, there has been no basic guide to help curators, registrars, historians, archaeologists, or collectors identify this class of objects from colonial and early republican America. Carolyn L. White helps the reader understand and interpret these artifacts, discussing their source, manufacture, materials, function, and value in early American life. She uses them as a window on personal identity, showing how gender, age, ethnicity, and class were often displayed through the objects worn. White draws not only on the items themselves, but uses their portrayal in art, contemporary writings, advertisements, and business records to assess their meaning to their owners"--Publishers website.