Hooked Rugs: Encounters in American Modern Art, Craft and Design
Author:   Cynthia Fowler ,  Assoc. Prof. Michael E. Yonan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781409426141


Pages:   226
Publication Date:   28 August 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Cynthia Fowler ,  Assoc. Prof. Michael E. Yonan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.725kg
ISBN:  

9781409426141


ISBN 10:   1409426149
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   28 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: positioning the modernist hooked rug within the history of American art, craft and design; Beginnings: traditional and modern converged; The design workshop and the New Age association; Hooked rug production in North Carolina and Maine; Hooked rugs for the modern American home; Hooked rugs and the art in industry effort; Epilogue: the modernist hooked rug in retrospect; Bibliography and further reading; Index.

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'The articulation of craft's complex position in modernism is perhaps the most salient of the book's achievements. Fowler's history is straightforward, well referenced and clear.' Textile History


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Cynthia Fowler is an art historian and Associate Professor of Art at Emmanuel College, Boston, MA, USA.

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