A Book of Hand-Woven Coverlets 1925 by Eliza Calvert Hall - United States History - Textiles - Weaving - Mountain People

Title: A Book of Hand-Woven Coverlets

Author: Eliza Calvert Hall

Description: Tan cloth boards with pictorial textile design on front and brown lettering. Light wear to head and foot of spine; corners pushed. Previous owner's name on half-title page. A few small spot of soiling, otherwise pages generally clean. A couple pages have closed edge-tears. 16 color and 38 b/w illustrated plates. xiii, 279 pp. 8.5 x 6 inches.

Hall's book, researched over a period of four years, includes a brief history of hand-weaving and describes the homes of mountain people and their looms and spinning wheels. It describes how materials are selected, made and dyed for coverlets, and goes into the customs and traditions, reaching back to America's Colonial era, that surround the culture of coverlet making. Illustrated with approximately sixty photographed examples of coverlets.

Contents: Foreword; Long, Long Ago; A Backward Glance; The Mountain Weavers; Coverlet Names; Coverlet Designs; Coverlet Colors; The Professional Weaver; The Storied Coverlet; The Ancient Coverlet; The Heirloom Unappreciated. Eliza Calvert Hall (1856-1935) was an American author, women's rights advocate, and suffragist from Kentucky.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good–
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company
Place: Boston
Year: 1925

Language: English

ISBN: n/a

Keywords: textiles, history, United States, bed coverings, weaving, bedspread, blanket, tapestry,