One of the nation's premier textile scholars discusses more than 500 samplers and embroideries, most never before published. Reflecting Maryland's rich mix of ethnic and religious cultures, they provide glimpses into the lives of young women from Colonial times to the eve of the Civil War. Some samplers contain registers of family history; others are memorial or mourning samplers. Poems, moral precepts and biblical verses abound. Especially engaging are the samplers with "busy yards," populated by animals, birds and people. ...
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One of the nation's premier textile scholars discusses more than 500 samplers and embroideries, most never before published. Reflecting Maryland's rich mix of ethnic and religious cultures, they provide glimpses into the lives of young women from Colonial times to the eve of the Civil War. Some samplers contain registers of family history; others are memorial or mourning samplers. Poems, moral precepts and biblical verses abound. Especially engaging are the samplers with "busy yards," populated by animals, birds and people. Exquisite silk pictorial embroideries were created under the tutelage of the Sisters of Charity at Saint Joseph's Academy in Emmitsburg. Unique to Maryland are the embroideries worked by the children of free African-Americans taught by the Oblate Sisters, the world's first order of black nuns. Quaker samplers are distinguished by broad compartmentalized borders filled with pairs of gorgeous flowers, butterflies and birds. Embroidered maps, all worked between 1797 and the early 1800s, form their own recognizable group. Students of women's history will be fascinated by the role of needlework in early female education. Modern day embroiderers will find inspiration in the designs. Collectors and antiques dealers have long awaited such a book.
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Add this copy of A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 to cart. $95.00, like new condition, Sold by Friends of Royal Oak Library rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from ROYAL OAK, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Maryland Center for History and Culture.
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2007
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 384 p. Contains: Illustrations, color. Audience: General/trade. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 2007. F+/F. 1st edition, 1st printing. Jacket has a touch of wear at extremities.
Add this copy of A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 to cart. $95.00, very good condition, Sold by The Maryland Book Bank rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from baltimore, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Maryland Center for History and Culture.
Add this copy of A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 to cart. $100.00, very good condition, Sold by Westsider Rare & Used Books In rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Maryland Historical Society.
Add this copy of A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 to cart. $101.00, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Maryland Center for History and Culture.
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2007
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Dust jacket in very good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Minor wear to the dust jacket. Light wear to the boards. Tight binding. Very clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738? 1860 to cart. $156.49, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by The Maryland Center for Histor.
Add this copy of A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738ôøΩ to cart. $197.50, very good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by The Maryland Historical Society.
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Maryland Center for History and Culture
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Very Good in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is moderately edgeworn with a few handling-marks to the front, otherwise is clean and glossy, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; Good binding; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75Äù Äì 11.75Äù tall); Tan dust jacket with dark blue-green and red lettering; 2007, The Maryland Historical Society; 384 pages; "A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738Äì1860, " by Gloria Seaman Allen.
