The Laces of Ipswich: The Art and Economics of an Early American Industry, 1750 1840

by Marta M. Cotterell and Marta Cotterell Raffel

Book Overview

In its lace making heyday in the late eighteenth century, Ipswich, Massachusetts boasted 600 lace makers in a town of only 601 households. George Washington himself, a lace afficionado, paid a visit... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584651636
• ISBN13: 9781584651635
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.2"