Format:
XI, 283 S
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zahlr. Ill
ISBN:
9780300142792
Content:
Mrs. Delany & the court / Clarissa Campbell-Orr -- Mary Delany's embroidered court dress / Clare Browne -- Dressing for court : sartorial politics & fashion news in the age of Mary Delany / Hannah Greig -- The theory & practice of female accomplishment / Amanda Vickery -- Mrs. Delany's paintings & drawings : adorning Aspasia's closet / Kim Sloan -- Mary Delany : epistolary utterances, cabinet spaces, & natural history / Maria Zytaruk -- Mrs. Delany's circles of cutting & embroidering in home & garden / Mark Laird -- Mrs. Delany's natural history & zoological activities : "a beautiful mixture of pretty objects" / Janice Neri -- Novelty in nomenclature : the botanical horizons of Mary Delany / John Edmondson -- A progress in plants : Mrs. Delany's botanical sources / Lisa Ford -- The "paper mosaick" practice of Mrs. Delany & her circle / Kohleen Reeder -- An intimate and intricate mosaic : Mary Delany & her use of paper / Peter Bower
Note:
Publication to accompany an exhibition organised by the Yale Center for British Art in association with Sir John Soane's Museum, London, which will be on view at the Yale Center for British Art, Sept. 24, 2009-Jan 3, 2010 and at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England, Feb. 18-May 1, 2010. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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Directors' foreword
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Acknowledgments ; Introduction
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1. Mrs. Delany and the court
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2. Mary Delany's embroidered court dress
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3. Dressing for court : sartorial politics and fashion news in the age of Mary Delany
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4. The theory and practice of female accomplishment
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5. Adorning Aspasia's closet : Mrs. Delany's paintings and drawings
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6. Mary Delany : epistolary utterances, cabinet spaces, and material forms of natural history
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7. Seasonality, circulation, and Mrs. Delany's landscape gardening circle
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8. "A beautiful mixture of pretty objects" : Mrs. Delany's natural history and zoological activities
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9. Novelty in nomenclature : the botanical horizons of Mary Delany
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10. A progress in plants : Mrs. Delany's botanical circle
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11. The practice of 'paper mosaick' by Mrs. Delany and her circle
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12. An intimate and intricate mosaic : Mary Delany and her use of paper
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Delany, Mary 1700-1788
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Zeitgenossen
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Großbritannien
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Blume
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Mode
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Stickerei
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Botanik
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Geschichte 1720-1800
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