Hooked Rugs

Zusatztext '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 Informationen zum Autor Cynthia Fowler is an art historian and Associate Professor of Art at Emmanuel College! Boston! MA! USA. Through a close look at the history of the modernist hooked rug, this book raises important questions about the broader history of American modernism in the first half of the twentieth century. Although hooked rugs are not generally associated with the avant-garde. Zusammenfassung Through a close look at the history of the modernist hooked rug, this book raises important questions about the broader history of American modernism in the first half of the twentieth century. Although hooked rugs are not generally associated with the avant-garde. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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

Klappentext

Through a close look at the history of the modernist hooked rug, this book raises important questions about the broader history of American modernism in the first half of the twentieth century. Although hooked rugs are not generally associated with the avant-garde.

Inhalt
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.