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Needlework and women's identity in colonial Australia / Lorinda Cramer.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781350069626
Author	Cramer, Lorinda (author.)
Title	Needlework and women's identity in colonial Australia / Lorinda Cramer.
Spine title	Needlework & women's identity in colonial Australia
Spine title	Needle work and women's identity in colonial Australia
Publisher and/or associated date/s	London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.
Description	x, 247 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.
Contents	1. Women, Work, and the Needle -- 2. Making Women: An Education in Needlework -- 3. Constructing the Genteel Woman: Fancywork and Femininity -- 4. Industrious Women: Duty, Virtue, and Plain Sewing -- 5. Dressing the Part: Dressmaking in the Home -- 6. A Good Wife and Mother: Clothing the Family
Related materials	Museum objects: pages --62. 'Rose Augustine Pellet, Embroidery Sampler, 1847' (object no. 2007.0098.0001) --64. 'Margret Begbie, Needlework sampler ...' (object no. 2005.0086.0001) --74. 'Gentlemen's black smoking cap, with blue trim and a blue tassel' (object no. 2005.0005.0397)
Subjects	Clothing and dress -- Social aspects
	Manners and customs
	Needlework
	Women -- Social conditions
	Women -- Australia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
	Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- Australia
	Needlework -- Australia
	Australia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Call number	2020.078

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A0092502X	2020.078	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .