Item #108849 Handicrafts of the Southern HIghlands: With an Account of the Rural Handicraft Movement in the United States and Suggestions for the Wider Use of Handicrafts in Adult Education and in Recreation. Allen H. Eaton.
Handicrafts of the Southern HIghlands: With an Account of the Rural Handicraft Movement in the United States and Suggestions for the Wider Use of Handicrafts in Adult Education and in Recreation
Handicrafts of the Southern HIghlands: With an Account of the Rural Handicraft Movement in the United States and Suggestions for the Wider Use of Handicrafts in Adult Education and in Recreation

Handicrafts of the Southern HIghlands: With an Account of the Rural Handicraft Movement in the United States and Suggestions for the Wider Use of Handicrafts in Adult Education and in Recreation

New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1939. 3rd edition. Hardbound. Black cloth with gilt lettering; no dj; 370 pp. with occasional bw and color illustrations. G, covers have normal wear, corners bumped. Beginning pages have slight foxing, inner hinge papers are split but mesh cloth holding ffirmotherwise clean and tight. Item #108849

A look at the handicrafts of southern Appalachia. Contents: pt. 1. Mountain handicrafts of pioneer days -- The beginning of the handicrafts in the Highlands -- The log cabin and its furnishings -- pt. 2. Revival of the handicrafts and their present-day practice -- Revival of the handicrafts in the Highlands -- The handicrafts continue to grow -- Spinning and weaving for home and market -- Coverlets and counterpanes -- Quilting and patchwork -- Native dyes and herbs -- Furniture and other woodwork -- Mountain baskets -- Whittling and craving in wood -- Dolls, toys, and miniature furniture -- Mountain music and hand-made instruments -- Pottery and the uses of clay -- Miscellaneous handicrafts. (Cont.) The Southern Highland handicraft guild -- Museums and collections of handicrafts -- Handicraft training, production, and marketing -- Future of the handicrafts in the Highlands -- pt. 3. The rural handicraft movement and the wider use of handicrafts -- The handicraft movement in rural America -- Adult education through handicrafts -- Recreation through handicrafts. Appendices. Selected list of names of coverlets and counterpanes gathered from many sources -- The Colonial Coverlet Guild -- Colors derived from plants growing in the Southern Highlands -- Extracts from the report on indigo experiments.

OCLC: 1396864

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