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The ornamental branches : needlework and arts from the Lititz Moravian girls' school between 1800 and 1865

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo156
Author
Herr, Patricia T.,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Call Number
746.44 H564
Responsibility
by Patricia T. Herr.
ISBN
089865968X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author
Herr, Patricia T.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. : Virginia Beach, Va
Publisher
Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County ; Donning Co.,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Physical Description
87 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Exhibit April 19 through December 30, 1996 at the Heritage Center Museum ... Lancaster, Pennsylvania"--t.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 84) and index.
Contents
Contents : "The ornamental branches": needlework and arts from the Lititz Moravian Girls' School between 1800 and 1865 --- Lititz Day School roster: 1808 to 1840 --- Lititz Boarding School roster: 1794 to 1840 --- Geographic origin of boarding students -- Endnotes.
Summary
Issued as part of the 250th anniversary celebration of Linden Hall, the school these young crafters attended in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Includes school rosters from the early 1800s, as well as lists of the geographic origins of the boarding students.
Subjects
Linden Hall (Lititz, Pa.) - History
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Needlework - Pennsylvania - Lititz
Additional Corporate Author
Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
746.44 H564
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Rainbow yarn : Navajo weavings, Germantown yarns & the Pennsylvania connection : March 27, 2009-December 31, 2009

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16965
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c2009.
Call Number
677.02862 R154
Responsibility
guest curator & editor, Brant Mackley ; written by Tyrone D. Campbell, Brant Mackley & Andrée Mey Miller ; textile photographs by William Bishop.
ISBN
1929025068
9781929025060
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa. : Hershey, PA
Publisher
Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum ; Tucquan Pub.,
Date of Publication
c2009.
Physical Description
64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
"March 2009"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 64).
Contents
Foreword / Peter S. Seibert -- Introduction / Brant Mackley -- The textile industry in Germantown and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / by Andrée Mey Miller -- A short history of Germantown weaving : Pennsylvania and the Navajo / by Tyrone D. Campbell -- The textiles : captions / written by Tyrone D. Campbell and Brant Mackley -- Biographies.
Subjects
Navajo textile fabrics - Exhibitions.
Textile industry - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Exhibitions.
Woolen and worsted manufacture - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Exhibitions.
Yarn - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Exhibitions.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) - History - Exhibitions.
Additional Author
Mackley, Brant R.
Campbell, Tyrone D.,
Miller, Andrée Mey.
Bishop, William.
Additional Corporate Author
Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Lancaster Quilt & Textile Museum.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
677.02862 R154
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