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Aprons of the Mid-20th Century: To Serve and Protect: A Schiffer Book for Designers and Collectors
by Judy Florence
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 076431341X
- ISBN 13
- 9780764313417
- Seller
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Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Item Price
£15.12£13.61
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About This Item
Schiffer Publishing, 2001. Paperback. New. New tightly bound softcover in printed wraps. 4to. (8.5 x 0.5 x 11 inches). Cover design by Bruce Waters. Clean text free of mark for underling. Glossy color photos throughout the text. Includes an appendix, glossary and references. 160 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Frilly, lacy, sweet, and sexy--aprons defined a generation of happy housewives and hostesses. Today these filmy, finely home-crafted garments are sentimental favorites, evoking memories of Mom, Grandmom, or some other Doris Day-like image of domesticity, and they are highly sought-after by designers and collectors of household linens. Over 200 aprons are featured in this beautiful book, accompanied by detail shots that highlight design elements, stitching, and embellishments. Separate sections are devoted to gingham, floral designs, rickrack, handkerchief aprons, plaids and stripes, and polka dots. Aprons with embroidery, crochet, tatting, lace, and cross-stitching are examined in detail, and a collection of vintage apron patterns is included.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Frilly, lacy, sweet, and sexy--aprons defined a generation of happy housewives and hostesses. Today these filmy, finely home-crafted garments are sentimental favorites, evoking memories of Mom, Grandmom, or some other Doris Day-like image of domesticity, and they are highly sought-after by designers and collectors of household linens. Over 200 aprons are featured in this beautiful book, accompanied by detail shots that highlight design elements, stitching, and embellishments. Separate sections are devoted to gingham, floral designs, rickrack, handkerchief aprons, plaids and stripes, and polka dots. Aprons with embroidery, crochet, tatting, lace, and cross-stitching are examined in detail, and a collection of vintage apron patterns is included.
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- Bookseller
- The Anthropologists Closet
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2646
- Title
- Aprons of the Mid-20th Century: To Serve and Protect
- Author
- Judy Florence
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 076431341X
- ISBN 13
- 9780764313417
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Rickrack aprons, mid-century, handkerchief, children's index, poke-a-dot, men in aprons, patterns, hand sewn,
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