10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FANCYWORK»
Discover the use of
fancywork in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fancywork and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nature
Fancywork: Women's Discourse with Nature Through ...
Because nature fancywork embodies the attitudes and cultural values of the maker towards the natural world, these objects help us understand how women viewed, used, and re-appropriated elements of nature to fulfill their roles as ...
Andrea Kolasinski Marcinkus,
2008
2
The Middling Sorts: Explorations in the History of the ...
Despite contemporary popular interest in fancywork, it has received little
scholarly attention. The critique that proponents of the Aesthetic Movement and
the Arts and Crafts Movement leveled against fancywork in the late nineteenth
century ...
Burton J. Bledstein, Robert D. Johnston,
2001
3
Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairwork in America
Fancywork and Middle-Class Women in the 1850s and 186os Fancywork added
value to a home. The result of making fancywork was, as a book for ladies in
1851 asserted, the "difference in the furnishing of a bachelor's house, and one ...
4
The Center of Civilization: Archaeology and History of the ...
fancywork differed from that of their non-Colony sisters, making use of the
donated materials to produce objects to represent and support their co-operative
experiment. The women of Brook Farm also formed a fancywork group as
collective ...
Stacy Colleen Kozakavich,
2007
5
The Saturated World: Aesthetic Meaning, Intimate Objects, ...
Embodied Fancywork and Dressed-Up Dolls We have stressed the close
relationship of women's work and play, an idea that was built into childhood
socialization. As Emma Churchman Hewitt wrote in her 1889 book Queen of the
Home, "So ...
6
Hobbies: Leisure and the Culture of Work in America
In 1908 Agnes Repplier, a collector and leisure essayist, wrote a droll critique of
her great-grandmother's fancywork hobbies. Great-grandma made "filigree
baskets that would not hold anything, Ionic temples of Bristol-board, shell flowers,
and ...
7
Interior Textiles: Fabrics, Application, and Historic Style
Cross-stitch and fancywork embroidery projects are sold in packages at craft and
needlework stores, where the fabric is ... of paper, counting the number of
squares in the fabric, then embroidering stitches that are categorized as
fancywork.
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Fundraising, Flirtation and
Fancywork: Charity Bazaars in ...
Fundraising, Flirtation and Fancywork examines the history and development of the charity bazaar movement in Australia.
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Hedonizing Technologies: Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and ...
As historical categories, however, plain and fancywork are surprisingly di;cult to
de>ne; as in many other craft contexts, it is easier to point to examples than to
formulate comprehensive de>nitions. The needlework of necessity—constructing
...
10
Hook & the Book: The Emergence of Crochet & Knitting in ...
Sewing machines, coupled with the availability of ready- made fabric, enabled
women not only to keep up with fashion but also to have the time to ornament
their dress with fancywork. "Work Department" articles supplied an endless array
of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FANCYWORK»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
fancywork is used in the context of the following news items.
City recovers from first major fire, sustains $5000 in damages …
The Ladies of the Improvement Club were calling for family heirlooms to display along with their fancywork. Laurin Power of Oak Harbor ... «Whidbey News-Times, Jun 15»
Jim Nowlan: What's brewing under dome?
... are plying their trade of state politics and government during the present hectic legislative session, there is no time to admire the fancywork. «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, May 15»
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts Awards Prove Creativity …
Like the rest of this city, the arts are blooming here, as evidenced by the Ladies Fancywork Society additions to the ballroom's decor, including ... «Westword, Mar 15»
GALLERY: Developers' visions for East Surrey towns
We've also included the projects which only got as far as some Photoshop fancywork (tough luck, Asda) as well as the success stories (hello ... «Surrey Mirror, Feb 15»
When in Reykjavík -- or Denver: Linda Björk Eiríksdóttir on the Art of …
... here in Denver, the Ladies Fancywork Society's work has brightened random street corners and local art museums alike. Now, Icelandic yarn ... «Westword, Sep 14»
Historic pipe and lanyard passes through generations
In place of the real thing, Vaught created five duplicates of the original using his talents as a self-proclaimed fancywork expert. He passed one ... «Bremerton Patriot, Aug 14»
Diane O'Brien: This week in Lincolnville
They determined to hold a summer fair and so set to work making things for the fancywork table. By summertime, they'd made aprons, face ... «PenBayPilot.com, Aug 14»
Another 100 Colorado Creatives: Andy Lynes
Andy Lynes with the Ladies Fancywork Society at The Craft: An Evening of Beer, Crochet and Witchcraft. #71: Andy LynesAndy Lynes toiled ... «Westword, Jun 14»
Cosy, cultured Mudgee puts on the charm
Hidden behind the walls of the old Mechanics Institute, its original exterior and “Mudgee wink" brickwork (fancywork around the windows), is in ... «The Australian Financial Review, May 14»
Pictou County weekend events
Spring Coffee Party – First Presbyterian Church, Stellarton, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Pantry, craft, novelty and fancywork tables. All welcome. «NG News, May 14»