This book is the first book to be written about bed rugs, embroidered bed covers stitched with hand spun, natural dyed yarns on handwoven wool or linen backings. Bed rugs are believed to be the forerunners of hooked rugs. The 124-page book shows who made them, how they were made, where they were made and where they are now. A chapter explains how to make a bed rug using both 18th century and more modern techniques. Black and white, color photos, and line drawings enhance the text. Also included in the book are chapters on women's education in America, probate records showing the importance of bed rugs. Primary source material is included in an appendix and a glossary, bibliography and index are at the conclusion of the text.
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"Marshall's...information about bed rugs is a labor of love...may be the most experienced expert on this subject." -- A.C.V. Maine Antiques Digest, October, 2001
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The author, a weaver, spinner, embroiderer and rug hooker, became interested in bed rugs more than 25 years ago. She has restored three 18th century bed rugs and made her own bed rug using early American techniques. She studied textile conservation on the graduate level at the University of Connecticut and participated in a textile conservation seminar at Historic Deerfield. She has lectured on historic textiles and bed rugs in Canada, England and the United States.
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This review is from: Bed Rugs 18th and Early 19th Century Embroidered Bed Covers (Paperback)
Few people except for textile historians realize that rugs originally served as coverings for beds and tables rather than floors. Few have seen, "up close and personal", an antique bed rug. Generally embroidered in a looping stitch, using woolen, vegetable-dyed yarns on a woolen or linen base, bed rugs are thick, heavy, and probably extremely warm! Ms Marshall has first hand experience of restoring several of these historic treasures, and has made an extensive study of the women who made them, the techniques they applied, and the materials they used. Photographs are provided of existing rugs in private and public collections. Bed Rugs is one of a very few references on this topic and will be of interest and value to anyone wishing to learn about this almost-forgotten ancestor of the quilt.
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I have never received this item and haven't been able to get the seller to respond to my e-mails. But the good part is my credit card has not been billed. What I wanted was the book!!
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