Author: Ami Mali Hicks
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781230349244
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... Chapter VII THE HOOKED RUG IN COTTON AND WOOL WE may safely say that the hooked rug or the pulled rug, as it is sometimes called, is the most important of the handmade rugs. It has been more successfully developed under new conditions of craftsmanship than any other of the old-fashioned rugs. In nearly all the show rooms of the Arts and Crafts Societies there are examples of it in charming colors and appropriate designs. Two village industries have been started to make it; one in the mountains of New Hampshire and one at Cranberry Island, near North East Harbor, Maine. Besides these two industries there are many isolated workers making successful hooked rugs. The larger industries have been placed on a sound financial basis, and the workers who are mostly women are extremely well paid. These women of the New England farms have been associated with this style of rug and its traditions for several generations. They are nearly all familiar with the gentle art of hooking and have therefore helped to revive this branch of craftsmanship in this section of the country. While they are familiar with the technique of hooked rugs, they have not been able to give their products a market value, because they could not plan them from the standard of modern craftsmanship without the knowledge of design and color arrangement. I remember the first time I saw a hooked rug. I at once realized that in its technique were the possibilities for the development of a crafts-manlike rug. Though certainly the appearance of the one I first saw was anything but hopeful. It came from Prince Edward Island, Canada. The maker had evidently been carried away by the enthusiasm for her skill in hooking and had ingenuously and likewise ingeniously, worked in a pattern of...
Author: Amy D. Bernstein
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2006-10-17
Total Pages: 862
ISBN-13: 9780312353889
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of information on aspects of daily life and a variety of popular topics, such as the home, health, animals, nature, sports, and entertainment.
Author: Ella Shannon Bowles
Publisher:
Published: 2013-08
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781258787790
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 1076
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Amy D. Bernstein
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2009-11-24
Total Pages: 909
ISBN-13: 031255169X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →All the wisdom of "The New York Times" experts in every field is packed into one comprehensive volume that has been completely revised and updated. Illustrations throughout.
Author: Editors of Consumers Report Magazine
Publisher: Consumer Reports Books
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13:
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