Dunlevy, Mairead.

Pomp and Poverty – A History of Silk in Ireland.

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, [2011]. Quarto (20 cm x 26 cm). VII, 271 pages with beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition.

Includes the following chapters: Silk in Early Ireland / Silk Imports from the Late Fifteenth to Early Seventeenth Century / The Birth of the Irish Industry: The Seventeenth Century / Development and Encouragment: The Early Eighteenth Century / Training in Design for Manufacture / Competition and the Irish Silk Warehouse (c.1750-1770s) / Poverty and Rebellion (1770-1800) / Politics and the Silk Trade, 1800-1830s / Commercial Development and Design Education, 1830s – 1860 / Major Irsh Poplin Manufacturers of the Mid-Nineteenth Century / Decline in a changing World (1860-1920) / The New States of Ireland //

• Keywords: Art – Rare · Art and Crafts · Arts & Crafts Movement – Rare · Catalogue Irish History – Art and Architecture · Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Two – Origins of Irish Identity · Catalogue Three – Literature by Women · Design – Rare · Fabric and Fashion in Ireland · Industrial History of Ireland in the 19th century · Irish History – Rare · Irish History in the 16th century · Irish History in the 17th century · Irish History in the 18th century · Irish History in the 19th century · Irish Industrial History · Silk · Women in Art · Women in Fashion
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300170416
• Inventory Number: 29443AB

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