From Field to Fashion: The Straw Bonnet by Anna Worden Bauersmith - Electronic Version

Name: From Field to Fashion: The Straw Bonnet by Anna Worden Bauersmith - Electronic Version
Brand: AnnaWordenBauersmith
SKU: 224563032
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Rating: 4.9 (459 reviews)

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From Field to Fashion discusses the history of the straw industry from field to cottage industry, from factory to milliner, covering harvesting, drying, dyeing, plaiting, sewing, blocking and embellishing. This book is ideal for anyone who reenacts or interprets mid-century history. (note - This is the history rather than a how-to.)

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From Field to Fashion is a 46 page booklet with the following sections:
- Straw Bonnets and the Straw Bonnet Industry
- Straw, Harvest and Preparation
- Straw Plait
- Straw Cloth
- The Straw Bonnet Base
- Industry and Labor
- Finishing the Straw Bonnet
- Who Wore a Straw Bonnet When?
and an Appendix:
1 – Original Bonnets Online
2 – Bonnet Production in Massachusetts, 1855
3 – Millinery Establishments by State, 1860
4 – Straw Bonnet Shapes
5 – Fashion Quotes from Harper’s Monthly & Weekly
6 – Fashion Quotes from Godey’s Ladies Book
7 – Straw bonnet quotes from fiction
8 – Wheat and Rye produced, 1850 & 1860
9 – Straw Industry Statistics
10 – Straw and Bonnet Related US Patents

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459 reviews

Slightly disappointed in the format and lack of photos/ illustrations. More of a dissertation than instructional. Maybe I didn't read the description very well. Lots of written info here, though, if that's what you're looking for.

Response from Anna Worden Bauersmith

Thank you for your honest review. You are my first negative review. I was hesitant in transferring From Field to Fashion to an electronic publication of the reasons you touch on. When purchased in a gift shop, people can see in person that it is a research piece rather than instructional like my other publications. Warm Regards, Anna

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From Field to Fashion: The Straw Bonnet by Anna Worden Bauersmith - Electronic Version