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Silk Stocking Mats
Paula Laverty
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Description for Silk Stocking Mats
Paperback. The recycling of stockings dyed in soft hues is just one of various innovations that made Grenfell hooked mats collectible folk art. This book chronicles the development of a local craft into an art form. It draws on interviews with women who recall their hooking days, the study of hundreds of documents, and examination of Grenfell hooked mats. Num Pages: 192 pages, 90 colour photographs. BIC Classification: AFWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 5487 x 13. Weight in Grams: 667.
A lavishly illustrated history of the Grenfell Mission's exquisite hooked mats and the handcraft movement that inspired an international audience.
A lavishly illustrated history of the Grenfell Mission's exquisite hooked mats and the handcraft movement that inspired an international audience.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773525061
SKU
V9780773525061
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Ref
99-15
About Paula Laverty
Paula Laverty was curator of three major Grenfell mat exhibitions at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, and an exhibition that originated at the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto and travelled throughout Canada. S
Reviews for Silk Stocking Mats
"This book is a fascinating introduction to an art form little known or understood." Gerald Pocius, Department of Folklore, Memorial University of Newfoundland "The history of Grenfell's Industrial Department constitutes an important chapter in the cultural history of Newfoundland and Labrador and a book on the subject is long overdue." Peter Neary, Department of History, University of Western Ontario