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Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700 - 1850
Plain Fancy American Women and Their Needlework 1700 1850
Author: Susan Burrows Swan
This is the story of early American women as they told it in their needlework.  Lavishly decorated throughout with beautiful illustrations and insightful text.  It traces the social history of women and the evolution of stritchery trends and practices from 1700 to 1850.  Plan and Fancy also includes more than 150 photographs.
ISBN-13: 9780030151217
ISBN-10: 003015121X
Publication Date: 1977
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Book Type: Unknown Binding
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Wonderful history of women and how their needlework reflected their era and society.
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good for crafters looking for older patterns and history of stitchery


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