1936 Southern Rural American Highlands Folk Art Crafts Book,Metals,Textiles,Clay

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1936 Southern Rural American Highlands Folk Art Crafts Book,Metals,Textiles,Clay:
$13.75

Eaton, Allen H. Photos By Doris Ulmann.Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands with an Account of the Rural Handicraft Movement in the United States and Suggestions for the Wider Use of Handicrafts in Adult Education and in Recreation.
Hardcover, Publisher: NY: Russell Sage Foundation,(1948), Used. A reprint of the 1937 edition. 370pp, (6x9 inches), color and b&w photos, bibliography, index. Ex-Library, hardcover with no dust jacket.The contents of the book are clean and tight, no tears or creases, no markings to the text. History and description of the southern geographical region, essays on blacksmithing and other metal crafts, quilts, coverlets, spinning and weaving and other textile craft, furniture, mountain baskets, pottery and other clay work, rugs, leather, Guild system, etc.... (ASHURST HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL REGION, LOG CABIN ITS FURNISHINGS, REVIVAL HANDICRAFTS, SPINNING, WEAVING, QUILTS PATCHWORK, COVERLETS COUNTERPAINES, NATIVE DYES, HERBS, FURNITURE OTHER WOODWORK, BASKETS, CARVING WHITTLING, MUSIC...)