A sampling of Hunterdon County needlework
Subtitle: the motifs, the makers & their stories
By: by Dan & Marty Campanelli for the Hunterdon Historical Society, New Jersey
Contributors: Campanelli, Marty; Hunterdon County Historical Society
Publisher: Hunterdon County Historical Society
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Flemington, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Needlework; Catalogs; Samplers; Women artisans; Biography; Genealogy
Description: A study of schoolgirl needlework produced in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. In addition to discussion of motifs and styles characteristic of Hunterdon County needlework, the study includes biographical information about the embroiderers of individual samplers, including information about each embroiderer's ancestors and descendants, when known.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of needlework; title: The founding of Hunterdon; title: Female education in the county; title: Hunterdon collared deer school; title: Hunterdon house and heart samplers; title: The Redington school; title: Centreville house with bunting samplers; title: Pinwheel and flower border samplers; title: Funky lion family registers; title: Miss P. Kerr's school; title: Floral vine carthouche samplers; title: Lily-of-the-valley samplers; title: Band of hearts samplers; title: A random sampling of Hunterdon's embroidery; title: Old Hunterdon; title: Eliza A. Rue's school; title: The Trenton Academy; title: Trenton house and fence samplers; title: Trenton landscape samplers; title: A random sampling of Old Hunterdon; title: Lost but not forgotten; title: Stepping out of town; title: Selected bibliography; title: Index of samplemakers, schools & instructresses.