Beagle, Peter S and Baron Wolman

American Denim: A New Folk Art

New York, Harry N Abrams, 1975. Hardcover. blue & white denim color boards w/ stamped silver printing. 157 pgs w/ color illustrations. white, glossy illustrated dustjacket. A charming, historically-important, and well-produced book from 1975 that highlights the work of about 50 denim artists. The concept is simple: these men and women took denim garments and changed them. There's a wide range of techniques here: applique, embroidery and other needlepoint techniques, distressing, integration of other fabrics, painting, studding. The intentions of the artists here are varied. Some of them are coming straight out of the hippie. Interspersed are black and white photos of famous people looking famous in denim (the usual suspects like Peter Fonda and Olivia Newton-John are here as well as Marlene Dietrich and Frank Sinatra wearing a truly horrendous bell-bottomed number.) Interspersed through the book is the essay by Peter Beagle which is a free-flowing and personal reflection on the spirit of the time, the fashionable past, crafting, the history of the Levi brand, life in a post-1960's realities, and how he really, really liked fur when he was a kid. Really.--WorldCat. VG+/VG (light rubbing to lower board edges, corners & spine edge. light foxing to pastedowns & endpapers. dustjacket has edge scuffing & light toning; scratches; price sticker to flap) .

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Book number: 187759

Catalogue: Needlework - American

Keywords: Denim Designs, Denim, Jeans ; Denim Designs ; ;

Huber, Carol and Stephen Huber

With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740-1840

Connecticut, Florence Griswold Museum/Wesleyan University Press, 2011. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps with white and tan lettering, color frontispiece, ix, 98 pp, illustrated in color. Contents include: Introduction: the Connecticut River Valley as a cultural center, 1740-1840 / Amy Kurtz Lansing -- With needle and brush: schoolgirl embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740-1840 / Carol and Stephen Huber -- Lessons artistic and useful: the Patten School of Hartford, 1785-1825 / Susan P. Schoelwer. Also includes bibliographical references and index. VG+ .

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Book number: 179014

Catalogue: Needlework - American

Keywords: American Needlework, American Decorative Arts ; Connecticut River Valley, Embroidery ; ; American Needlework, American Decorative Arts

Ingalls, J.F.

Ingalls' Hand-Book of Darned Lace Patterns

Lynn, Mass, J.F. Ingalls, 1885. Paperback. Tan wraps with black lettering, 82 unnumbered pages of bw illustrations. The 1885 edition of this book of lace and lace making patterns. VG (light soiling to wraps and block, corners bent along top. Pages are otherwise very clean and clear.) .

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Book number: 182235

Catalogue: Needlework - American

Keywords: Needlework ; Lace and Lace Making ; ; Needlework

Ingalls, J.F.

Worsted Cross-Stitch Patterns

Lynn, Mass, Ingalls, 1885. Softcover. Beige wraps with black lettering; 80 unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in bw throughout. New 1885 edition contains 12 alphabets and over 100 other patterns. VG .

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Book number: 182234

Catalogue: Needlework - American

Keywords: Needlework ; Cross Stitch Patterns ; ; Needlework

Wheeler, Candace

The Developement of Embroidery in America

New York, Harper & Bros, 1921. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. ix, [1], 151, [1] pages frontispiece (portrait) plates (some color). Contents: Introductory: The story of the needle.--Beginnings in the new world.--The crewelwork of our Puritan mothers.--Samplers and a word about quilts.--Moravian work, portraiture, French embroidery and lacework.--Berlin woolwork.--Revival of embroidery, and the founding of the Society of Decorative Art.--American tapestry.--The Bayeux tapestries. VG Cover has shelf wear, staining and edge damage. Bookblock has age toning and foxing. Previous owners name stamped on inside front cover .

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Book number: 182692

Catalogue: Needlework - American

Keywords: Needlework, American ; Embroidery ; ; Needlework, American