Textiles in America, 1650-1870 : a dictionary based on original documents, prints and paintings, commercial records, American merchant's papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern books with original swatches of cloth
xviii, 412 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Notes
"A Winterthur/Barra book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-412).
Contents
Furnishing practices in England and America -- Bed hangings -- Window curtains -- Upholstery -- Textiles for the period room in America -- Dictionary: Introduction to the dictionary; The entries; The plates.
Summary
The most-imported commodity, and a highly valued one, textiles were used for bedding, bed curtains, clothing, household linens, window curtains, upholstery, and floor covering. This book illustrates samples from collections around the world, as well as drawings and engravings of the time. Its dictionary-style entries depict the myriad household uses for textiles in the period. --from publisher description
Photograph- Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
Photograph- Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.
Description
Marker at Lefever Cemetery on North Star Road off of Route 896 near Strasburg. Marker reads: The Huguenots were the protestants of France. Dr. James LeFevre, of 1450, made the first translation of the Bible into French, published in 1530. Isaac LeFevre, our American ancestor, escaped from persecution and death in France in 1685, came to America in 1708 and settled here in Pequea Valley in 1712.