CONTENTS
SECTION I. COVERLETS
Early American Silk Patchwork Quilts
Deborah E. KraakThe Warp and Weft of a Lifetime: The Discovery of a New Hampshire Weaver and Her Work
Donna-Belle Garvin
SECTION II. TEXTILES AND DECORATIVE ARTS
Lucy Cleveland’s “Figures of Rags”: Textile Arts and Social Commentary in Early-Nineteenth-Century New England
Paula Bradstreet Richter
SECTION III. HAND TOOLS
Heads Were Spinning: The Significance of the Patent Accelerating Spinning Wheel Head
Frank G. White
SECTION IV. DOMESTIC AND OUTWORK PRODUCTION
The Laces of Ipswich, Massachusetts: An American Industry, 1750–1840
Marta M. CottrellLace Schools and Lace Factories: Female Outwork in New England’s Machine-Lace Industry, 1818–1838
Richard M. CandeeMitten Production in Nineteenth-Century Downeast Maine
Deborah Pulliam
SECTION V. TOWARD INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Industrial Opportunism: From Handweaving to Mill Production, 1700–1830
Adrienne D. HoodThe Textile Legacy of a Narragansett Planter
Gail B. Putnam
SECTION VI. TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Bandanna: On the Indian Origins of an All-American Textile
Susan S. Bean
“The Great Leap”: Youths’ Clothing in the Early Nineteenth Century
Lynne Zacek Bassett
Designing Women: Massachusetts Milliners in the Nineteenth Century
Glendyne R. Wergland
Luther Edgerton’s “Cloathing Books”: A Record of Men’s Ready-to-Wear from the Early Nineteenth Century
Adrienne E. Saint-Pierre
POSTSCRIPT
A Canterbury Tale: Sarah Ann Major Harris and Prudence Crandall
Glee F. Krueger
NOTES
Conference Program, 27 through 29 June 1997
Abstracts of Conference Papers Not Appearing in This Volume
Photograph and Illustration Credits
Notes on Contributors