Textiles in America, 1650-1870

Textiles in America, 1650-1870

Author: Florence M. Montgomery

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9780393732245

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First published in 1984, this remains the definitive study of textiles as they were used in early American homes.


American Textile Colossus

American Textile Colossus

Author: Jay J. Lambert

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-06

Total Pages: 700

ISBN-13: 9780964124820

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American Textile Colossus: The Story of Fall River, Massachusetts, its Cotton Manufacturing Industry, and its People is by Jay J. Lambert, president of the Board of Directors of the Fall River Historical Society. Jay devoted over a decade painstakingly researching and writing this major contribution to the history of the American textile industry. This book can be regarded as a definitive work on the subject. American Textile Colossus is a sweeping saga of Fall River's old cotton textile industry - the mills, the managerial hierarchy, the workforce, and the events and issues that shaped their lives. Documenting the cotton textile industry from the local perspective of Fall River, it is an unpretentious effort to understand the city's role in the industrialization of America.


An American Style

An American Style

Author: Ann Marguerite Tartsinis

Publisher: Bard Graduate Center

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300199437

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"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition An American Style: Global Sources for New York Textile and Fashion Design, 1915-1928 held at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture from September 27, 2013 through February 9, 2014."--Title page verso.


Isegni Italiani Per Tessuti

Isegni Italiani Per Tessuti

Author: Susan Meller

Publisher: ABRAMS

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13:

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This book is the catalogue for the largest picture show in the world: the images on printed cloth.


Fabric of a Nation

Fabric of a Nation

Author: Pamela Parmal

Publisher: MFA Publications

Published: 2021-04-27

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780878468768

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A mother stitches a few lines of prayer into a bedcover for her son serving in the Union army during the Civil War. A formerly enslaved African American woman creates a quilt populated by Biblical figures alongside celestial events. A Diné women weaves a blanket for a U.S. Army soldier stationed in the Southwest. A quilted Lady Liberty, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln mark the resignation of Richard Nixon. These are just a few of the diverse and sometimes hidden stories of the American experience told by quilts and bedcovers from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Spanning more than four hundred years, the fifty-six works of textile art in this book express the personal narratives of their makers and owners and connect to broader stories of global trade, immigration, industry, marginalization, and territorial and cultural expansion. Made by Americans of European, African, Native, and Hispanic heritage, these engaging works of art range from family heirlooms to acts of political protest, each with its own story to tell.


Testing the New Deal

Testing the New Deal

Author: Janet Christine Irons

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780252068409

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Customary rights -- Homegrown unions -- Union-management cooperation -- New rules -- Dirty deal -- A battle of righteousness -- We must get together in our organization -- No turning back -- Anatomy of a strike -- Which side are you on? -- Aftermath.