Columbia's Daughters: Girlhood Embroidery from the District of Columbia

by Gloria Seaman Allen

Book Overview

Gloria Seaman Allen applies her formidable research and narrative skills to the fledgling District of Columbia, bringing to light heretofore unknown details and full-color images for nearly 130 samplers and pictorial embroideries stitched in the first years of the nation's capital. Columbia's Daughters examines the political, economic, and social dynamics of Alexandria, Georgetown and Washington City, the three urban centers that merged to create...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982304951
• ISBN13: 9780982304952
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Publishing Concepts (Baltimore, MD)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"