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Rags to Rugs
Patricia T. Herr
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Description for Rags to Rugs
Paperback. Num Pages: 159 pages, 173 color photos. BIC Classification: WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 12. Weight in Grams: 810.
Rug hooking has been part of American women's household tasks for a long time. In southeast Pennsylvania, frugal sewers saved and shared their textile scraps to create useful, pretty rugs, especially in the late 19th and 20th centuries. To document the region's hooked rug arts, The Heritage Center of Lancaster County conducted the Lancaster County Rug Harvest from 2004 to 2006, which culminated in their lavish exhibit, "Rags To Rugs, Pennsylvania Hooked and Hand sewn Rugs," in 2007. This book serves as a permanent record of these rugs, the Rug Harvest, and the exhibit. The book documents each step and ... Read more
Rug hooking has been part of American women's household tasks for a long time. In southeast Pennsylvania, frugal sewers saved and shared their textile scraps to create useful, pretty rugs, especially in the late 19th and 20th centuries. To document the region's hooked rug arts, The Heritage Center of Lancaster County conducted the Lancaster County Rug Harvest from 2004 to 2006, which culminated in their lavish exhibit, "Rags To Rugs, Pennsylvania Hooked and Hand sewn Rugs," in 2007. This book serves as a permanent record of these rugs, the Rug Harvest, and the exhibit. The book documents each step and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764331251
SKU
V9780764331251
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About Patricia T. Herr
Dr. Patricia T. Herr is an authority of the textile arts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She also has written other books and actively promotes Pennsylvania folk arts of the region through exhibits, lectures, research, and antiques events. She can be reached through the Heritage Center of Lancaster County.
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