PLAIN & FANCY - AMERICAN WOMEN AND THEIR NEEDLEWORK, 1700-1850 by Swan, Susan Burrows - 1995

Austin, TX: Curious Works Press, 1995. PB. very good++, wraps (softcover) signed by the author. B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 0963333135 Comprehensive survey of American needlework forms from the late 17th century into the Victorian era, and a social history of women who did this needlework, their primary and most acceptable creative outlet. Illustrated from the special needlework collection from the Winterthur Museum. Originally published in 1977. 248pp.