0300110936.Yale.University.Press.Findings.The.Material.Culture.of.Needlework.and.Sewing.Jan.2007.pdf

Findings

F indings

The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing

Mary C. Beaudry

Yale University Press

New Haven & London

Published with assistance from the foundation established in memory of

Philip Hamilton McMillan of the Class of 1894, Yale College

reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that

copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by

reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers

Set in Electra type by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Printed in the

United States of America by Sheridan Books.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Beaudry, Mary Carolyn, 1950–

Findings : the material culture of needlework and sewing / Mary C. Beaudry.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

isbn-13: 978-0-300-11093-7 (clothbound : alk. paper)

isbn-10: 0-300-11093-6 (clothbound : alk. paper)

1. Pins and needles—History. 2. Sewing—Equipment and supplies—History.

3. Needlework—Equipment and supplies—History. I. Title.

a gt2280 .b43 2006

306.4—dc22

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability

of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the

Council on Library Resources

10987654321

2006015214