Cloth and Costume 1750 to 1800; Cumberland County, Pennsylvania by Tandy and Charles Hersh - 1995

Birdsboro, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1991. Hardcover. VG-/G+ (book shows very light foxing on top third of textblock, all pages clear and intact - dust jacket shows wear at edges with few small tears at base of spine, still protective). Cream cloth with red lettering on spine and red lettering and illustration on cover, black and off-white illustrated dust jacket with blue spine lettering, 303 pp., bw and color illustrations. "Pennsylvania German women presided over the production and maintenance of textiles for their homes. Clothing, bed and table linens, towels were produced from fibers they grew and spun into threads. A commercial weaver united these into cloth. The final step of making many textile objects was cross-stitch embroidery - anything from initials or a number to elaborate needlework designs graced the surface of the fabric ... Preserved for use for sentimental reasons, several hundreds of these samplers have been studied and photographed for use in this centennial volume of The… Read More

Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Published by the Authors, 2001. [First Edition]. Spiral bound patterned wraps. Very good +. Oblong royal 8vo., pp153, black & white illustrations throughout. -- Contents: The Weavers: Henry Small, Jr., Christian Frey, Daybooks, The Weaver's Year, Income from Weaving, Farming, Community. - Handweaving Business; Approach, Production, Products/Carpeting, Coverlets, Cotton, Flax, Wool, Business Conditions/Dyeing, "Weaving for the Half", Two Looms, Gears. - Professional Weaving: Manuscript Pattern Books, Patterns, Double Cloth, Single, Diaper or Table Linen. - Rural Cloth Manufacture: Textile Manufacturing - Figured and Fancy Coverlets, Weavers Small and Frey. -- Bibliography, index. -- Head of spine bumped.

Birdsboro, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ivory natural linen, illustrated and lettered in burgundy. As issued. Dust jacket as issued, now in archival mylar. 303,[1] pp., illus. with many b&w, color plates. Among the essential books on the subject. Publications of The Pennsylvania German Society, Volume XXV [25]..

Birdsboro, PA: Pennsylvania German Society, 1991. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ivory natural linen, illustrated and lettered in burgundy. New/as issued, dust jacket now in archival mylar. 303,[1] pp., illus. with many b&w, color plates. Among the essential books on the subject. Publications of The Pennsylvania German Society, Volume XXV [25]..

Hardback. fine/fine. New/old stock with a small tear and crease to top left of dust jacket.