Author: Fiske, Patricia (editor)
Title: Irene Emery Roundtable on Museum Textiles, 1975 Proceedings: Imported and Domestic Textiles in Eighteenth-Century America
Description: Washington, DC, The Textile Museum, 1976. Paperback. Light blue wraps, ii, 195 pp. numerous bw illus. Papers presented at the Textile Museum April 10-12, 1975. Sixteen articles explore silks; printed fabrics; floor coverings; cottons; woolens and linens; and needlework. A few examples include: "Techniques Found in 18th-Century Floor Coverings in America" by Virginia P. Partridge, "American Quilted Petticoats" by Ann P. Rowe, "The Background of Canadian Furnishing Fabrics" by Dorothy K. Burnham, and more. Ill.: . VG- (Sun-faded spine, light wear to cover, otherwise good.) .

Keywords: American Decorative Arts ; Early American Textiles ; ; . Textiles - American


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