The
The Joseph Downs Collection
of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont
5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur,
Delaware 19735
Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Swan, Susan Burrows
Title: Papers
Dates: 1975-2001
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 04x46
Quantity: 68 boxes
Location: 35 G 1-6, H 2-6, I 7
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Susan Burrows Swan, a textile
curator at Winterthur Museum, was born, raised, and educated in Ohio,
graduating from Ohio State University with a B.S. in home economics, with a
specialty in textile and clothing design. She took graduate courses at
the
Mrs. Swan lectured widely and
authored or co-authored several books and numerous articles on
needlework. Her books include Plain & Fancy: American Women and
their Needlework (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977; reprinted
with different photos in 1995 by Curious Works Press), A
Mrs. Swan was a member of Phi
Upsilon Omicron, the Needlework and Bobbin Club, the New York Rug Society, and
the
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
The collection includes Susan Swan’s research notes,
correspondence, book drafts, articles she wrote, texts of lectures, slides,
photographs, and a few publications collected by her. The research notes focus on her interests in
American needlework, sewing tools, the use of textiles in domestic interiors,
female accomplishments, women’s lives, schools for girls, and pet animals,
focusing on the 18th and early 19th centuries.. Included with the research notes are copies
of period newspaper ads referring to needlework, schools, and animals. Mrs. Swan began a list of girls’ schools for
the time period. As well, the collection
includes information about textiles owned by the
ORGANIZATION
The collection is divided
into three series: research files; talks and lectures; and slides, videotapes
and publications. The research files are
in alphabetical order, with the exception of three oversize folders filed at
the end. A box of note cards is also included
with this series. The talks and lectures
series includes the texts of talks and lectures given by Susan Swan, as well as
correspondence about the lectures. Most
of the slides are related to needlework and textiles, but the collection also
includes some family scenes, furniture, silhouettes, portraits, and other
subjects.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Susan Burrows Swan.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Baldwin, Jabez C.,
1777-1819.
Honeywell, Martha Ann, ca.1787-ca.1848.
Topics:
Embroiderers’ Guild of
Henry Francis du
Pont
Kappa Kappa
Gamma.
Bedding.
Clothing and dress.
Crewelwork –
Patterns.
Embroidery –
Design.
Floor coverings.
Interior decoration – 18th century.
Interior decoration – 19th century.
Lace and lace making –
Mourning customs –
Needlework – Equipment and supplies.
Needlework –
Needlework –
Needlework –
Pets.
Quilts –
Samplers –
Samplers –
Schools –
Silhouettes –
Textile fabrics.
Textile fabrics – Specimens.
Upholstery.
Women –
Education.
Black-and-white
photographs.
Clippings.
Color
photographs.
Drafts (preliminary versions).
Lectures.
Letters.
Research notes.
Slides.
Curators.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 35 G 1-6, H 2-6, I 7
Series I:
Research files and note cards
Folder 1: American Crewelwork, by Mary Taylor
Landon and Susan B. Swan
Folder 2: American Crewelwork: original artwork
Folder 3: American Crewelwork: photos
Folder 4: American
interiors, 1650-1850
Folder 5: American
interiors: outline and bibliography
Folder 6: American
needlework: connoisseurship, collecting, fakes and forgeries
Folder 7: Amusements,
holidays
Folders 8-9: Animals:
birds (including canaries, geese, parrots) and deer
Folder 1: Animals:
cages, collars
Folder 2: Animals:
cats, squirrels, fawns, turtles, mice
Folder 3: Animals:
dogs: laws, bites of mad dogs, stories, training
Folder 4: Animals:
dogs:
Folder 5: Animals:
dogs: no breed, or miscellaneous
Folder 6: Animals:
dogs: no type given, references to more than one breed
Folder 7: Animals:
dogs: pointers, Russian pointer, coach
Folder 8: Animals:
dogs: spaniels (water, land, King Charles, springing)
Folder 9: Animals: dogs: terrier, beagle, lap,
foxhound, hound, bloodhound, greyhound, shepherd
Folder 10: Animals:
freaks, acts
Folder 1: Animals:
horses, vet surgeon, horse doctor, cruelty, illness
Folder 2: Architecture
Folder 3: Articles
on other museums’ needlework (various forms)
Folder 4: Athenaeum
Symposium, 1993
Folder 5: Auction
catalog: Theodore H. Kapnek Collection of American Samplers
Folders 6-7: Baldwin,
Jabez
Folder 8: Bead
work
Folder 9: Bed
rugs, hand and loom made
Folder 10: Beds,
cradles, bed hangings: Federal, Empire
Folder 11: Beds,
cradles, bed hangings: general, textiles, multiple references, etc.
Folder 1: Beds,
cradles, bed hangings: hangings for Chippendale bed chamber
Folder 2: Beds,
cradles, bed hangings: Queen Anne and Chippendale beds
Folder 3: Beds,
cradles, bed hangings: Queen Anne and Chippendale curtains
Folder 4: Beds,
cradles, bed hangings: roping a Pennsylvania German bed
Folder 5: Beds,
cradles, bed hangings: 17th century, William and Mary
Folder 6:
Folder 7: Bibliographies
for needlework
Folder 8: Blackwork
Folder 9: Blankets,
embroidered and woven (including rose)
Folder 10: Book
list on embroidery, etc.
Folder 11: Book
reviews
Folder 12: Books
by, for, or about women
Folder 13: Broderie
anglaise, Ayrshire, etc.
Folder 14: Candlewicking
Folder 15: Canvas
work and catgut
Folder 16: Canvas
work and catgut:
Folder 1: Ceramics,
European: research
Folder 2: Charity
Folders 3-4: Childhood
Folder 5: Chinese
export paintings, porcelain, fabrics, etc.
Folder 6: Chinese
trade porcelain: research
Folder 7: Clocks
Folder 8: Coats
of arms and hatchments
Folder 9: Colonial
Folder 1: Colonial
Folder 2: Colors
Folder 3:
Folder 4:
Folder 5:
Folder 6: Connoisseurship
and fakes
Folder 7: Conservation:
“First Aid for Framed Textiles,” by S.B. Swan
Folder 8: Coverlets
Folder 9: Crochet,
knotting
Folder 10: Darning
Folder 11: Definitions
Folder 12:
Folder 13: Demographic
information
Folders 1-3:
Folder 4: Documented
interiors
Folder 5: Dolls
Folder 6: Dos
Tejedoras
Folder 7: Drinker,
Elizabeth
Folder 8: Dry
cleaning
Folder 9: du
Pont, H.F.: correspondence about textiles, etc. [copies]
Folder 10: du
Pont, H.F.: needlework purchases
Folder 11: du
Pont, William: bed hangings and window curtains
Folder 12: Elderhostel
Folder 13: Embroiderers’
Guild (
Folder 14: Embroiderers’
Guild of
Folder 15: Embroiderers’ Guild of America:
“Embroidery and Textile Research” – class at Winterthur
Folder 16: Embroiderers’ Guild of America:
“Needlework at Winterthur Museum” slide program (script)
Folder 1: Embroiderers’
Guild of America:
Folder 2: Embroidery:
revivals
Folder 3: Embroidery,
silk: research
Folder 4: English
ceramics course,
Folder 5: English
and European samplers and needlework
Folders 6-7: English
needlework: canvas, crewel
Folder 8: English
printed textiles
Folder 9: Fabric:
moreen, Tammie, durent, camblet, calamanco, and Florence Montgomery
Folder 10: Fabrics
in
Folder 11: Federal
silk work (not mourning): black background
Folder 12: Federal
silk work (not mourning):
Folder 1: Federal
silk work (not mourning):
Folder 2: Federal
silk work (not mourning): Miss Liberty
Folder 3: Federal
silk work (not mourning):
Folder 4: Federal
silk work (not mourning):
Folder 5: Federal
silk work (not mourning):
Folder 6: Federal
silk work (not mourning):
Folder 7: Federal
silk work (not mourning): unknown, miscellaneous articles, print sources
Folder 8: Fellows
pre-course, collecting, dealers, etc.
Folder 9: Fikioris,
Margaret
Folders 10-11: Floor
coverings and carpets (non-Oriental)
Folder 12: Floor
rugs: hand-made: hooked, appliquéd, canvas, etc.
Folder 13: Flowers,
gardening
Folder 1: Folk
art at
Folder 2: Food,
cooking, table linens
Folder 3: Frames
Folder 4: Frames
for needlework; frames to work
Folder 5: French
woven fabric, printed French textiles, textile terms
Folder 6: Funny
quotations
Folder 7: Furnishings
Curator Affinity Group
Folder 8: Furniture,
cabinetmaking
Folder 9: Furniture,
Victorian
Folder 10: Furniture
with original upholstery; reproduction fabrics used in museums
Folder 11: Glass
and glasses
Folder 12: “Glossary
of Needlework Terms,” 1971, 1975 – compiled by Susan B. Swan
[see
also folder: Needlework Stitches and Terms]
Folder 13: Hamilton,
Alexander
Folder 14: Hancock
headcloth
Folder 15: Head,
Kathy: “Stuck on Pins and Needles”
Folder 1: Health
Folder 2: Historic
Folder 3: Historical
comments about needlework
Folder 4: Honeywell,
Mary Ann (b.ca.1792)
[sic,
i.e. Honeywell, Martha Ann, ca.1787-ca.1848]
Folder 5: Indian
chintz and copies
Folder 6: Interior
descriptions
Folder 7: Interior
descriptions: Federal, Empire - window
Folder 8: Interior
descriptions: furniture arrangement
Folder 9: Irish
stitch
Folders 10-11: Kappa
Kappa Gamma Fraternity
Folder 1: Knitting
Folder 2: “Lace:
A History,” by Santina Levey [photocopy]
Folders 3-4: Lace:
Folder 5: Lecture
notes
Folder 6: Lectures
heard
Folder 7: Letters,
memos, etc. – copies
Folder 1: M.
Finkel & Daughter
Folder 2:
Folder 3: Male
embroiderers, female professionals, apprentices
Folder 4: Map
and globe samplers
Folder 5: Marseilles
work, mock quilting, etc.
Folder 6:
Folder 7:
Folder 8:
Folders 9-10:
Folder 1:
Folder 2:
Folder 3:
Folder 4: Material
to research
Folders 5-6: Miniatures
(portraits)
Folder 7: Miscellaneous
Folder 8: Miscellaneous
notes [from an untitled notebook]
Folder 9: Miscellaneous
photographs: furniture, ceramics, etc.
Folder 1: Moravians
and
Folders 2-3: Mourning,
death, widowhood
Folder 4: Mourning,
death, widowhood: research used for mourning exhibit
Folder 5: Mourning
exhibit at
Folder 6: Mourning
pictures:
Folder 7: Mourning
pictures: Folwell, G. & S.
Folder 1: Mourning
pictures:
Folder 2: Mourning
pictures:
Folder 3: Mourning
pictures:
Folder 4: Mourning
pictures:
Folder 5: Mourning
pictures:
Folder 6: Mourning
pictures: research
Folder 7: Mourning
pictures:
Folder 8: Mourning
pictures: unknown
Folder 9: Mourning
pictures:
Folder 10: Mourning
pictures:
Folder 11: Multiple
references to sewing
Folder 12: Needles,
needle cases, knitting sheaths, sewing birds, chatelaines
Folder 13: Needlework
Folder 14: Needlework:
collecting and fakes
Folders 15-16: Needlework:
photographs (folders 1-2 of 3)
Folder 1: Needlework:
photographs (folder 3 of 3)
Folder 2: Needlework:
reproduction
Folder 3: Needlework
and sewing tools: photographs
Folder 4: Needlework
at
Folder 5: Needlework
at
Folders 6-7: Needlework at
Folder 1: Needlework
at
Folder 2: Needlework at
Folder 3: Needlework at
Folder 4: Needlework
at
Folder 5: Needlework
correspondence
Folder 6: Needlework
in other museums
Folder 7: Needlework
on paper, watch backs
Folder 8: Needlework
outline
Folder 9: Needlework
pictures
Folder 1: Needlework
research: Foote, Morris, etc.
Folder 2: Needlework
stitches
Folder 3: “Needlework
Stitches and Terms,” by S.B. Swan
[see
also folder: Glossary of Needlework Terms]
Folder 4: Needlework
terms - unknown
Folder 5: Negroes
Folder 6: Netting
and lacework
Folders 7-8:
Folder 9:
Folder 10:
Folder 1:
Folder 2:
Folder 3: Oriental
and tribal rugs, with maps
Folder 4: Oriental
rugs
Folder 5: Osaki,
Amy B.: “The Needle’s Web” [thesis,
Folder 6: Other
furnishings
Folder 7: Other
handwork: Indian quillwork, shell work, sewing with hair, wax work, etc.
Folder 8: Painting
Folder 9: Painting
and stenciling on velvet and other fabrics (theorem painting)
Folder 10: Paisley
shawls and printed handkerchiefs
Folder 11: Palampores
Folder 12: Papier
maché, japanned wares
Folders 13-14: Patterns
for needlework; teaching drawing; artwork for girls
Folder 1:
Folder 2: Pennsylvania
German needlework
Folder 3:
Folder 4:
Folder 5:
Folder 6:
Folder 7:
Folder 8:
Folder 9:
Folders 1-3:
Folder 4:
Folder 5: Pets
Folder 6: Pictures,
prints
Folder 7: Pins
and pincushions
Folder 8: Plain and Fancy [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 1: Plain and Fancy [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 2: Plain and Fancy: chapter 1
Folder 3: Plain and Fancy: Introduction and
chapter 1: photographs
Folder 4: Plain and Fancy: chapter 2
Folder 5: Plain and Fancy: chapter 2: photographs
Folders 6-7: Plain and Fancy: chapter 3
Folders 1-2: Plain and Fancy: chapter 4
Folder 3: Plain and Fancy: chapter 5
Folder 4: Plain and Fancy: chapter 5: photographs
Folder 5: Plain and Fancy: illustrations for
glossary
Folder 6: Plain and Fancy: permissions
Folder 7: Plain and Fancy: plates
Folder 1: Plain and Fancy: reviews
Folders 2-3: Plain and Fancy: 1995 printing
Folder 4: Plain and Fancy: 1995 printing: chapters
4 and 5: photographs
Folder 5: Plain and Fancy: 1995 printing: color
photographs and slides
Folders 6-7: Plain and Fancy: 1995 printing:
photographs
Folder 1: Plain
sewing and marking
Folder 2: Pocket
books
Folder 3: Pockets
Folder 4: Porcupine
quills and Indian work
Folder 5: Prime,
Dow, etc. – lists
[Alfred
Coxe Prime and George Francis Dow – information about arts and crafts]
Folder 6: Queen’s
stitch
Folders 7-9: Quilts
Folder 1: Quilts,
Folder 2: Quilts,
John Hewson types
Folder 3: Quilts,
research
Folder 4: Quotations
and talk material
Folder 5: Raised
work (stump work)
Folder 6: Research
on
Folder 7: Research
to do – library and manuscripts lists
Folder 1:
Folder 2: Sailors’
embroidery
Folders 3-4: Samplers
Folders 5-6: Samplers:
artists and research
Folder 7: Samplers
– outline of a talk
Folders 8-9: Samplers
and marking
Folders 1-6: Schools
Folder 7: Schools:
list and summary of dates
Folder 8: Schools:
no needlework mentioned
Folder 1: Schools:
not on list
Folder 2: Scrimshaw
research
Folder 3: Sewing
machines, machine embroidery
Folder 4: Sewing
tables, boxes
Folder 5: Sewing
tools
Folder 6: Shaker
textiles and needlework
Folder 7:
Folders 8-9: Silhouettes
Folder 10: Silhouettes
and profiles: photographs
Folder 1: Silhouettes
at
Folder 2: Silver
Folders 3-4: Silver:
photographs
Folder 5: Silver
research; Swans’ silver
Folder 6: Slide
lists
Folder 7: Slides,
and information about slides
Folder 8: Slides
of needlework at
Folders 9-10: Small
needlework (primarily samplers)
Folder 1: Sothebys
ceramics course,
Folder 2: Southern
and western samplers
Folder 3: Supplies:
thread, canvas, lace, spangles
Folder 4: Swan,
Susan B.
Folder 5: Swan,
Susan B.: articles by S.B. Swan
Folder 6: Swan,
Susan B. book reviews written by S. B. Swan
Folder 7: Swan,
Susan B.: display of needlework, 1997
Folder 8: Swan,
Susan B.: items sent to auction
Folder 9: Swan, Susan B.: paper: “It Takes More
Than a Needle to Sew, or Collecting Sewing Implements”
Folder 10: Swan,
Susan B.: photographs
Folder 11: Swan,
Susan B.: preface, introduction [to unknown work]
Folder 12: Swan,
Susan B.: vita
Folder 13: Swan,
Susan B. and Delmar: antiques collection [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 1: Swan,
Susan B. and Delmar: antiques collection [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 2: Tambour
work
Folder 3: Tapestries
Folder 4: Tatting,
frivolité
Folder 5: Tent
stitch
Folder 6: Terms:
architectural, inventories
Folders 7-8: Textile
advertisements
Folder 9: Textile
Exhibition Room (old)
Folder 10: Textile
holding summary for students, etc.; what curators do; ethics
Folder 11: Textile
people
Folder 1: Textile
references and uses at “
Folder 2: Textile
research
Folder 3: Textile
Society of
Folder 4: Textile
terms and definitions
Folder 5: Textile
weaves: names, technology, spinning, weaving
Folder 6: Textiles
Folder 7: Textiles:
Chinese silk
Folder 1: Textiles:
general and
Folders 2-3: Textiles:
silk, wool, cotton
Folder 4: Textiles:
Folder 5: Textiles
in
Folder 6: Thimbles
Folder 7: Thimbles:
TCI Bulletin (Thimble Collectors International)
Folder 8: Thimbles:
“Thoughts on Thimbles,” by Elizabeth Aldridge
Folder 9: “This
Work in Hand”: half women, half needlework [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 1: “This
Work in Hand”: half women, half needlework [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 2:
Folder 3: Umbrellas
Folder 4: Underhill,
Samuel, cabinetmaker
Folder 5:
Folder 6:
Folder 7:
Folder 8:
Folder 9: Unspecific
needlework (different forms and how used in the house)
Folder 10: Upholstery:
Chippendale side and arm chairs
Folder 1: Upholstery:
easy chairs – all periods
Folder 2: Upholstery:
Federal chairs and benches
Folder 3: Upholstery:
Federal sofas
Folder 4: Upholstery:
needlework furnishings
Folder 5: Upholstery:
17th century, William and Mary
Folder 6: Upholstery:
sofas: Chippendale and Queen Anne; daybeds
Folder 7: Upholstery:
upholsterers, fabrics, methods, turkey work
Folder 8:
Folder 9: Walls
and ceilings – paper, stucco, etc.
Folder 10: Watercolors:
checklist of watercolors in
Folder 11: Window
curtains - general
Folder 12: Window
curtains and valances - paper
Folder 13: Window hangings: 17th
century, William and Mary, Empire [also some upholstery]
Folder 14: Window
treatments: Venetian blinds, cornishes, shades, etc.
Folder 15: Winslow,
Anna Green: notes about her diary, 1771
Folder 16: Winter
Institute
Folders 1-4:
Folder 5: A
Folder 6:
Folder 7:
Folder 1:
Folder 2:
Folder 3:
Folder 4:
Folder 5:
Folders 6-7:
Folders 1-2: Women
Folder 3: Women:
accomplishments: dancing, riding, French, piano
Folders 4-5: Women:
birth
Folders 6-7: Women:
clothing, corsets, accessories
Folder 1: Women:
commenting on their lives
Folder 2: Women:
comments about
Folder 3: Women:
courting, pre-marital, what to look for, etc.
Folder 4: Women:
housework
Folder 5: Women:
importance of needlework
Folder 6: Women:
laws, rights, legal divorce
Folder 7: Women:
marriage, family life [folder 1 of 2]
Folder 1: Women:
marriage, family life [folder 2 of 2]
Folder 2: Women:
multiple references
Folders 3-4: Women:
professions
Folder 5: Women:
sex, birth control, rape, promiscuity, etc.
Folder 6: Women:
Victorian women
Folder 7: Women:
wedding ceremony
Folders 1-3: Women
and education
Folder 4: Women
and families
Folder 5: Women
and girls: behavior and manners
Folder 6: Women
and politics
Folder 1: Women
and religion
Folder 2: Women
and sewing
Folder 3: Women
and sewing: dislike
Folder 4: Women
and sewing: multiple references
Folder 1: WPEAC
program and students
Folder 2: WUDPAC program and students
Folder 3: Youth
– apprentices, indentures, evening school
Folder 4: “Draping,” outline for course at
Elizabeth Kardos Fashion Insitute (Cleveland), 1949
Folder 5: Morris,
Deborah, and Sarah Powell
Folder 6: Research
at Deerfield
Folder 7: Wills
and inventories
Notes on interiors, textiles, rugs, animals,
silhouettes, needlework, women, costumes, upholstery, wallpaper, quotations,
plus one group of cards that was not labeled
Series II:
Talks and lectures
Folder 1: Home
Economic Association of
Folder 2: “The
American Woman and Her Stitchery,”
Folder 3: Needlework
and Textile Guild of
Folder 4: Historic
Folder 5:
Folder 6: Western
Reserve Historical Society, Women’s Advisory Council,
Folder 7:
Folder 8: Embroidery
Guild,
Folder 9:
Folder 10:
Folder 11:
Folder 12: “Federal
Needlework,” Historic
Folder 13: Historic
Society of
Folder 14:
Folder 15: “School
Girl Needlework,”
Folder 16: Sea
Pine Plantation conference,
Folder 17:
Folder 18: “Women:
Their Lives and Their Needlework,”
Folder 19: Attingham
Summer School, June 1982
Folder 20: “
Folder 21:
Folder 22: Friends
of Raynham Hall,
Folder 23: “Pennsylvania German Needlework,”
Folder 24: Historic
Folder 25:
Folder 26:
Folder 27:
Folder 28:
Folder 29: “Needlework of the
Folder 30:
Folder 31:
Folder 32:
Folder 33:
Folder 34:
Folder 35:
Folder 36:
Folder 37:
Folder 1:
Folder 2:
Folder 3:
Folder 4: International
Thimble Collectors Society,
Folder 5: “What
Makes a House a Home,” Nottingham Inn (
Folder 6: Friends
of
Folder 7: Folk
Art Collectors,
Folder 8: “
Folder 9: Skyllkill
Chapter, EGA [
Folder 10:
Folder 11: Quilt
Symposium at
Folder 12:
Folder 13:
Folder 14:
Folder 15:
Folder 16: Empire
seminar, Textile Guild,
Folder 17: Carolinas
Needlepoint Guild,
Folder 18:
Folder 19: Quilts,
Folder 20: College
Club of
Folder 21:
Folder 22: Antiques
Collectors Group,
Folder 23:
Folder 24:
Folder 25:
Folder 26: Antiques
Club of
Folder 27:
Folder 28:
EGA Seminar ’86,
Folder 29:
Folder 30:
Folder 31:
Folder 32: Fine
Arts
Folder 33: Century
Club of
Folder 34: Winterthur
Institute,
Folder 35:
Folder 36:
Folder 37:
Folder 38:
Folder 39:
Folder 40:
Folder 41:
Folder 42: EGA
headquarters (
Folder 43: Collectors’
Circle,
Folder 44:
Folder 45: Sothebys,
Folder 46: EGA
Folder 47:
Folder 1:
Folder 2:
Folder 3: Crosslands,
Folder 4: “Fakes
and Forgeries,” Collectors Circle,
Folder 5:
Folder 6: Winter
Institute, short connoisseurship, n.d. [1989?]
Folder 7: Sothebys,
Folder 8: Attingham
Winter Week, February-March 1989
Folder 9:
Folder 10: EGA,
Monmouth Chapter (NJ),
Folder 11: EGA,
Oatlands Chapter (
Folder 12:
Folders 13-14: National EGA, June 24-25 and
Folder 15:
Folder 16: “Silhouettes,”
Crosslands,
Folder 17: Upholstery
conservation symposium,
Folder 18:
Folder 19:
Folder 20:
Folder 21:
Folder 22:
Folder 23:
Folder 24: Just
Folder 25: American
Society of Interior Designers,
Folder 26: Continental
Quilting Congress (
Folder 27: Textile
Society of
Folder 28:
Folder 29:
Folder 30: Embroiderers’
Guild of
Folder 31:
Folder 32:
Folder 33:
Folder 34:
Folder 35:
Folder 36: Charles
Craft, Inc. (NC),
Folder 37:
Folder 1: EGA,
Folder 2:
Folder 3:
Folder 4: Winter
Institute,
Folder 5:
Folder 6:
Folder 7:
Folder 8: Craftworld
(
Folder 9:
Folder 10:
Folder 11:
Folder 12:
Folder 13:
Folder 14:
Folder 15: “Elizabeth
Drinker, Quaker Woman,” January 10, 1996
Folder 16:
Folder 17: Barclay
farmstead,
Folder 18:
Folder 19: Stan
Hywet Hall (
Folder 20:
Folder 21:
Folder 1:
Colonial
Folder 2: Historical
Society of
[slides
are also available]
Folder 3:
Folder 4: “American
Silhouettes”
Folder 5: “American
Women, Their Children and Pets”
Folder 6: “Decorating
the American Home”
Folder 7: “Feminine
Accomplishments”
Folder 8: “Interiors,
Textiles, and Needlework”
Folder 9: “Needlework
from a Historical Perspective, Relating to
Folder 10: “Needlework
with a Southern Accent”
Folder 1: “Textiles
in
Folder 2: “Tradition
and Reality: American Women, 1650-1875”
Folder 3: Names
for talks
Folders 4-5: Talks
on needlework
Folder 6: Talks
on textiles
Folder 7: Talks
on women and pets
Folder 8: Talks:
pending
Folder 9: Talks:
tips on giving talks
Series III:
Slides, videotapes, publications:
Box 53:
slides:
Folder 1: American
samplers and needlework
Folder 2:
Folder 3:
Folder 4: Bed
rugs, blankets
Folder 5: Beds
and bed hangings
Folder 6:
Folder 7: Bobbin
lace
Folders 8-9: Canvas
work
Folder 10: Canvas
work: queen and Irish stitches
Folder 11: Coats
of arms and hatchments
Folder 12: Colonial
Folder 13:
Folder 1: Connor
Prairie samplers
Folder 2: Conservation
Clinic
Folder 3: Costumes
Folder 4: Coverlets
Folder 5: Crewel,
fancy shot, blankets
Folder 6: Crewel
bed hangings and chair seats
Folder 7: Crewel
work
Folder 8: Cross,
Marge: furniture
Folder 9: Cutwork
and Dresden work
Folder 10: Deerfield
revivals
Folder 11: Delaware
samplers and needlework
Folder 12: Drapery,
valences, curtains
Folder 1:
Folder 2: English
and European samplers
Folder 3: English
needlework, samplers, textiles
Folder 4: English
raised-work casket (stump work)
Folders 5-6: European needlework and textiles:
Folder 7: Family
slides
Folder 8: Federal
silk embroidery
Folder 9: Female accomplishments: hair work,
painting, velvet, shell work, quill work, piano playing, bead work, Victorian
handwork
Folder 1: Floors,
rugs (hooked, Oriental), wallpaper
Folder 2: Folwell
(not mourning)
Folder 3:
Folder 4: French
needlework
Folder 5: Furniture,
rooms
Folder 6:
Folder 7: “How
to Mount Needlework”
Folder 8:
Folder 9: Interiors
and rooms
Folder 10: Kappa
Kappa Gamma
Folder 11: Knitting
Folder 12: Lace
Folder 13: Landscapes,
city scapes
Folder 14: Marseilles
work
Folders 15-16:
Folder 1: Miniatures
(portraits)
Folder 2: Miscellaneous
Folder 3: Miscellaneous
needlework
Folder 4: Modern
needlework
Folder 5: Monahan,
Thomas J., collection
Folder 6: Moravian
needlework
Folders 7-8: Mourning
and graves
Folder 9: Needlework:
conservation and fakes
Folder 10: Needlework
and advertisements
Folder 11: Netting
Folder 12:
Folder 1:
Folder 2:
Folder 3:
Folder 4:
Folder 5: Parlors,
stair halls, paintings in rooms
Folder 6:
Folder 7: Pennsylvania
German needlework, towels, toys
Folders 8-9:
Folders 1-2:
Folder 3: Pets
and animals
Folder 4: Portraits
Folder 5: Print
work
Folder 6: Prints
and cartoons of men, cooking, schools, indentures, etc.
Folders 7-8: Quilts,
bed rugs
Folder 1:
Folder 2: Sailors
embroidery
Folder 3: Samplers:
letters and motifs
Folder 4: Schools;
women; costumes
Folder 5: Sewing
and needlework tools
Folder 6: Sewing
and needlework tools and furniture
Folder 7: Silhouettes
and portrait miniatures
Folder 8: Silk
embroidery on paper: Chinese, Honeywell
Folder 9: Silk
work: New England,
Folder 10: Silk
work:
Folder 1: Southern
samplers and needlework
Folder 2: Study
slides
Folder 3: Tambour
Folder 4: Tatting
Folder 5: Textiles:
block prints
Folder 6: Textiles:
copperplate and stenciled
Folder 7: Textiles:
printed
Folder 8: Textiles:
resist dyed, hand painted
Folder 9: Textiles:
roller printed
Folder 10: Textiles:
velvets and sample books
Folder 11: Textiles:
woven
Folder 12: Upholstery:
chairs, slip covers, sofas, some room views
Folder 13:
Folder 14: Women
Folder 15: Yuletide
Folder 1: I.
Interiors (
Folder 2: II.
Canvas work, start of samplers
Folder 3: III. Early silk pictures:
Folder 4: IV:
Mourning, later silk work, tambour,
Folder 5: V.
Quilts: Hewson, inlaid, bed ruggs, Blue and White Society, fakes
Folder 6: All
textiles
Folder 7: American
needlework, 1 and 2; with script “Needlework in the Middle Colonies”
Folder 8: Collecting
and Appreciating American Needlework
Folder 9: Collecting
Samplers and Quilts
Folder 10: Course 671, etc.: Introduction, English
raised work, knotting, English and American crewel, blankets, bed ruggs,
European canvas work
Folder 11:
Folder 12:
Folder 1: Miscellaneous
slides
[note: The carousel box was labeled “Quilts within
Women’s Repertoire,” but most of the slides are not of quilts; included are
other forms of needlework, furniture, pewter, etc.
Folder 2: Needlework
tools (two carousels)
Folder 3: Silhouettes
Folder 4: talk
given in
Folder 5:
Tape 1: “American Women and Their
Needlework,” Sue Swan with George Michael, PBS antiques series, 1981 (
“Woven Treasures,”
episode 1 – “Art Underfoot”
Tape 2: “Hearts and Hands: A Social History
of Nineteenth-Century Women and Quilts,” PBS “The American Experience,” 1988
Tape 3: Kappa Kappa Gamma Heritage House
Tape 4: Women’s suffrage
Folder 1: Cora
Ginsburg, Inc. A Catalogue
of Exquisite & Rare Works of Art…,
1995.
Folder
2: Embroiderers’ Guild of
EGA Education Department Supplements
for 1989, 1990, and 1991.
EGA
At Large, special supplements to June and December 1989 issues of Needle Arts.
Folder 3: Lessons Stitched in Silk: Samplers from
the
Folder 4: M. Finkel & Daughter. Samplings [catalog], vol. 1-14, 18-19.
Folder 5: The Quilt Journal. Vol. 1, no. 1; vol. 2, no. 1 [2 copies].
Folder
6: Staples, Kathleen, and Hogue, Margriet.
Samplers in the European
Tradition….
Folder
1: Textile Society of
Folder 2: Textile Society of
Folder 3: Townsend, E. June. “Ornamental Arts in the Female Seminary,
1800-1850” (photocopy of thesis, 1978, about New York schoolgirls’ needlework)
Folder 4: Victoria and Albert Museum. A State Bed from Erthig.
Folder
5: Winterthur Museum. Recreating
Yuletides Past.
Folder
6: Witney Antiques. Three catalogs,
entitled:
Samplers: House and Garden;
Samplers: ‘A School Room Exercise’; and
Samplers: ‘All Creatures Great and Small.’
A
piece of cotton muslin, ca.1785-1820, on which there is tambour work and
embroidery, in silk thread and in cotton or linen thread. The selvedge is along one edge, the other
three being simply cut edges. The work
has been tacked onto a board and cloth support.
The piece belonged to Sue Swan and appears as background in several of
her slides. It is not known, however,
where she obtained it.
A sampler of embroidery
stitches, executed by Susan Swan.
Included are whip, back, buttonhole, chain, flat, satin, herringbone,
French knot, and bullion stitches. On a
piece of modern cloth which has been carefully hemmed. The names of the stitches are written in ink
and the piece is initialed S.B.S.
Box 69: Embroidery
and crewelwork design sketch books
Four sketchbooks (three
large, one medium size) of embroidery and crewelwork patterns designed by Sue
Swan. At least one of the patterns was
published in the book American Crewelwork
by Mary Taylor Landon and Sue Swan.
Many of the patterns are priced, and a number include the name of the
person for whom the design was drawn.
Most of the patterns are derived from 18th century originals.