A Maryland Sampling
Subtitle: Girlhood Embroidery, 1738-1860
Publisher: Maryland Historical Society
Published: October 15, 2007
Place of publication: Baltimore, Maryland
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780938420989
Subjects: Samplers; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Crafts & Hobbies; Antiques / Collectibles; Maryland; Americana; Needlework - Embroidery; Textiles & Costume; Crafts & Hobbies / Embroidery; History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA); Needlecraft Arts
Description: History and analysis of more than 500 girlhood samplers and pictorial embroideries made in Maryland between the years 1738 and 1860. Excellent discussion of samplers as part of female education in the 17th to 19th centuries. Analysis of samplers from Maryland counties and cities, including Baltimore. Appendix includes a table of Documented Maryland Samplers and Pictorial Embroideries, as well as a table of Documented Maryland Needlework Teachers and Schools. These and other appendices are updated on an accompanying website: http://www.marylandneedlework.com/index.htm
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Cross Currents of Maryland Needlework Traditions; title: A Polite and Useful Education; title: Maryland Samplers and Embroideries; title: Appendices