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The gentle arts : 200 years of Australian women's domestic and decorative arts / Jennifer Isaacs.

By: Publisher: Sydney : Lansdowne Press, 1987Description: 224 pages : blac and white and colour photographs; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0701819758
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 745.44994 20
Contents:
Includes index.
Summary: Hearth and home - Woman in the garden - Flower arts - Custom, tradition and necessity - Nourishment and nurture - Comfort and warmth - Lace - Crochet - White work - Drawn thread work - Tatting - Embroidery - Religious arts - Women's arts in wartime - Decorative arts and the home - Commemorating people and events - Shows and displays.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks Q 745.44994 ISA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 68363

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 215-217.

Includes index.

Hearth and home - Woman in the garden - Flower arts - Custom, tradition and necessity - Nourishment and nurture - Comfort and warmth - Lace - Crochet - White work - Drawn thread work - Tatting - Embroidery - Religious arts - Women's arts in wartime - Decorative arts and the home - Commemorating people and events - Shows and displays.

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