Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (893 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580933939 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Even caricatures found their way onto fabrics. Linda Eaton’s achievement here is to take an already seminal work and bring it a step further, expanding on the scholarship and providing new visuals to create a richly nuanced history of an industry at the leading edge of the industrial revolution. “Florence Montgomery’s 1970 book on textiles—those made or used in America or Britain between 1700 and 1850—is revered on both sides of the pond. A splendid addition to the field of material culture.” —The Magazine ANTIQUES “Part of the value of this remarkable book is its being ‘based on the 1970 classic by Flo
She is the author of Quilts in a Material World, among many publications. & Marjorie P. Linda Eaton is the John L. McGraw Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles at Winterthur.
The Winterthur Museum’s richly illustrated history of British and American fabrics made or used from 1700–1850 is a visual reference for designers and a definitive contribution to textile studies. Printed Textiles is destined to become an essential reference for interior designers, fashion and textile design students, conservators, collectors, and anyone with an interest in the textile industry. . Linda Eaton, Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles, updates the classic with a particular focus on furnishing fabrics—referred to as “furnitures.” Building on research that has come to light since 1970 and benefiting from the technical and scientific expertise of the conservators and scientists at Winterthur, Eaton presents a thorough and sweeping study enriched by the diverse approaches to material culture today. One of the fastest growing and potentially most lucrative trades in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, on the forefront of developm
Five Stars Ms. Barbara Stevens Great for a costumer's library. "This book belongs in every quilt or textile historian's library." according to quilt history nut. Buy this book! Linda Eaton has updated one of the most important textile and quilt history texts ever printed. All the pictures in the book are now in color. Readers no longer have to imagine how the textiles look- they have recently taken photos to show them. New scholarship has been incorporated that adds significantly to our understanding of these textiles as well. Even if you own Montgomery's original book, you need this book.. Five Stars Mrs. Sharron M. Stewart Fantastic Book thoroughly recommend it