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035			_a(OCoLC)847837244
050	0	0	_aNK8812 _b.N49 2014
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100	1		_aNewell, Aimee E., _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA stitch in time : _bthe needlework of aging women in antebellum America / _cAimee E. Newell.
264		1	_aAthens : _bOhio University Press, _c[2014]
300			_ax, 265 pages : _billustrations (mostly color) ; _c26 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Drawing from 167 examples of decorative needlework -- primarily samplers and quilts from 114 collections across the United States -- made by individual women aged 40 and over between 1820 and 1860, this exquisitely illustrated book explores how women experienced social and cultural change in antebellum America. The book is filled with individual examples, stories, and over eighty fine color photographs that illuminate the role that samplers and needlework played in the culture of the time. For example, in October 1852, Amy Fiske (1785-1859) of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, stitched a sampler. But she was not a schoolgirl making a sampler to learn her letters. Instead, as she explained, "The above is what I have taken from my sampler that I wrought when I was nine years old. It was w[rough]t on fine cloth [and] it tattered to pieces. My age at this time is 66 years." Situated at the intersection of women's history, material culture study, and the history of aging, this book brings together objects, diaries, letters, portraits, and prescriptive literature to consider how middle-class American women experienced the aging process. Chapters explore the physical and mental effects of "old age" on antebellum women and their needlework, technological developments related to needlework during the antebellum period and the tensions that arose from the increased mechanization of textile production, and how gift needlework functioned among friends and family members. Far from being solely decorative ornaments or functional household textiles, these samplers and quilts served their own ends. They offered aging women a means of coping, of sharing and of expressing themselves. These "threads of time" provide a valuable and revealing source for the lives of mature antebellum women"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.
505	0		_aThe physical challenges of needlework -- Growing old gracefully -- The technological reshaping of antebellum needlework -- I give and bequeath this quilt: needlework as property -- Family currency: the gift needlework of aging women -- Biographical needlework: telling a life story -- Threads of life: needlework as memorial.
650		0	_aNeedlework _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aQuilting _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aSamplers _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aOlder women _zUnited States _xSocial conditions _y19th century.
650		0	_aMiddle class women _zUnited States _xSocial conditions _y19th century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial life and customs _y19th century.
650		0	_aAging _xPsychological aspects.
650		7	_aANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES _xTextiles & Costume. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY _zUnited States _x19th Century. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE _xWomen's Studies. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aTravaux d'aiguilles _z _y _2ram
650		7	_a _xConditions sociales _z _y _2ram
650		7	_aFemmes des classes moyennes _z _y _2ram
650		7	_aVieillissement _xAspect psychologique _z _y _2ram
650		7	_aAging _xPsychological aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00800327
650		7	_aManners and customs. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01007815
650		7	_aMiddle class women _xSocial conditions. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01020488
650		7	_aNeedlework. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01035433
650		7	_aQuilting. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01085785
650		7	_aSamplers. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01104666
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
648		7	_a1800-1899 _2fast
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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