Hands to the Spindle Texas Women and Home Textile Production, 1822-1880 |
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| Author:
| Marks, Paula Mitchell
Conoly, Walle |
| Series title: | Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89096-699-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1996 |
| Publisher: | Texas A&M University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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In nineteenth-century Texas women's hands created most of the clothes their families wore, the blankets used to cover their tired bodies, and the textiles that furnished their homes. Spinning, weaving, dyeing, and knitting allowed them to display their abilities and their dreams of a better future. These day-to-day activities of Texas women spinners and weavers come to life in Paula Mitchell Marks' Hands to the Spindle.
In nineteenth-century Texas women's hands created most of the clothes their families wore, the blankets used to cover their tired bodies, and the textiles that furnished their homes. Spinning, weaving, dyeing, and knitting allowed them to display their abilities and their dreams of a better future. These day-to-day activities of Texas women spinners and weavers come to life in Paula Mitchell Marks' Hands to the Spindle.