Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairwork in America by Helen Sheumaker

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Book Title
Love Entwined: The Curious History of Hairwork in America
Publication Date
2007-06-26
Pages
272
ISBN
0812240146
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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
0812240146
ISBN-13
9780812240146
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57212465

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
272 Pages
Publication Name
Love Entwined : the Curious History of Hairwork in America
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
United States / 19th Century
Type
Textbook
Author
Helen Sheumaker
Subject Area
History
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2007-023276
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Love's labor is not lost but rescued in Helen Sheumaker's illuminating study of the once popular practice of fashioning human hair into jewelry and buttons, display wreaths and ornamental leaves. In Love Entwined , the first book-length treatment of this subject, Sheumaker corrects modern perceptions of hairwork as an odd practice of another age. As personal memento, as work of art, and as marketable commodity, hairwork expressed Americans' vexed investment in sentimental culture. Love Entwined will interest the historian and the critic, the curator and the curious."--Shirley Wajda, Kent State University, "Love's labor is not lost but rescued in Helen Sheumaker's illuminating study of the once popular practice of fashioning human hair into jewelry and buttons, display wreaths and ornamental leaves. In Love Entwined , the first book-length treatment of this subject, Sheumaker corrects modern perceptions of hairwork as an odd practice of another age. As personal memento, as work of art, and as marketable commodity, hairwork expressed Americans' vexed investment in sentimental culture. Loved Entwined will interest the historian and the critic, the curator and the curious."-Shirley Wajda, Kent State University, "Love's labor is not lost but rescued in Helen Sheumaker's illuminating study of the once popular practice of fashioning human hair into jewelry and buttons, display wreaths and ornamental leaves. In Love Entwined, the first book-length treatment of this subject, Sheumaker corrects modern perceptions of hairwork as an odd practice of another age. As personal memento, as work of art, and as marketable commodity, hairwork expressed Americans' vexed investment in sentimental culture. Love Entwined will interest the historian and the critic, the curator and the curious."--Shirley Wajda, Kent State University, "Love's labor is not lost but rescued in Helen Sheumaker's illuminating study of the once popular practice of fashioning human hair into jewelry and buttons, display wreaths and ornamental leaves. InLove Entwined, the first book-length treatment of this subject, Sheumaker corrects modern perceptions of hairwork as an odd practice of another age. As personal memento, as work of art, and as marketable commodity, hairwork expressed Americans' vexed investment in sentimental culture.Loved Entwinedwill interest the historian and the critic, the curator and the curious."--Shirley Wajda, Kent State University, Love's labor is not lost but rescued in Helen Sheumaker's illuminating study of the once popular practice of fashioning human hair into jewelry and buttons, display wreaths and ornamental leaves. In Love Entwined , the first book-length treatment of this subject, Sheumaker corrects modern perceptions of hairwork as an odd practice of another age. As personal memento, as work of art, and as marketable commodity, hairwork expressed Americans' vexed investment in sentimental culture. Love Entwined will interest the historian and the critic, the curator and the curious., "Love's labor is not lost but rescued in Helen Sheumaker's illuminating study of the once popular practice of fashioning human hair into jewelry and buttons, display wreaths and ornamental leaves. In Love Entwined , the first book-length treatment of this subject, Sheumaker corrects modern perceptions of hairwork as an odd practice of another age. As personal memento, as work of art, and as marketable commodity, hairwork expressed Americans' vexed investment in sentimental culture. Love Entwined will interest the historian and the critic, the curator and the curious."-Shirley Wajda, Kent State University, "Love's labor is not lost but rescued in Helen Sheumaker's illuminating study of the once popular practice of fashioning human hair into jewelry and buttons, display wreaths and ornamental leaves. In "Love Entwined," the first book-length treatment of this subject, Sheumaker corrects modern perceptions of hairwork as an odd practice of another age. As personal memento, as a work of art, and as a marketable commodity, hairwork expressed Americans' vexed investment in sentimental culture. "Loved Entwined" will interest the historian and the critic, the curator and the curious."--Shirley Wajda, Kent State University, "Love's labor is not lost but rescued in Helen Sheumaker's illuminating study of the once popular practice of fashioning human hair into jewelry and buttons, display wreaths and ornamental leaves. In Love Entwined, the first book-length treatment of this subject, Sheumaker corrects modern perceptions of hairwork as an odd practice of another age. As personal memento, as a work of art, and as a marketable commodity, hairwork expressed Americans' vexed investment in sentimental culture. Loved Entwined will interest the historian and the critic, the curator and the curious."--Shirley Wajda, Kent State University
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
739.27
Synopsis
In the largely forgotten craft of hairwork, practiced widely in nineteenth-century America, the hair of loved ones--living and deceased--was woven into jewelry, wall decorations, and keepsakes. Rings, bracelets, lockets, and brooches were set with metalwork or ivory and painted with rich patterns. Pocket watches hung from long, woven hair fobs. Parlor walls were decorated with elaborate wreaths made of hair fashioned into twigs and flowers, often adorned with beads or ribbons. More unusual items even included a tea set made entirely out of hair. Victorian men and women treasured hairwork not only as remembrances of loved ones and memorials of relationships but also as objects of beauty and means of personal expression.Beginning as a trade of highly skilled craftsmen in the late eighteenth century, hairwork became tremendously popular among the middle class, and supported at its peak in the mid-nineteenth century an industry that included catalog dealers of premade pieces, standardized patterns, and how-to books for hobbyists. Advertisements, stories, and illustrations in popular publications depicted hairwork as the height of sentimental fashion.Using a wide array of evidence drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, letters, and, above all, examples of hairwork, "Love Entwined" traces the widespread and long-lived popularity of the craft and its place in the American marketplace. During a period that saw a growing mechanization of production methods, hairwork stood apart not only for being made by hand but also for using a part of the body as a material. Helen Sheumaker argues that this refiguration of a loved one's hair into a commodity created a unique meeting point between sentimentalityand consumerism, intensifying the close relationship between the goods one purchased and the kind of person one wished to be., In the largely forgotten craft of hairwork, practiced widely in nineteenth-century America, the hair of loved ones--living and deceased--was woven into jewelry, wall decorations, and keepsakes. Rings, bracelets, lockets, and brooches were set with metalwork or ivory and painted with rich patterns. Pocket watches hung from long, woven hair fobs. Parlor walls were decorated with elaborate wreaths made of hair fashioned into twigs and flowers, often adorned with beads or ribbons. More unusual items even included a tea set made entirely out of hair. Victorian men and women treasured hairwork not only as remembrances of loved ones and memorials of relationships but also as objects of beauty and means of personal expression. Beginning as a trade of highly skilled craftsmen in the late eighteenth century, hairwork became tremendously popular among the middle class, and supported at its peak in the mid-nineteenth century an industry that included catalog dealers of premade pieces, standardized patterns, and how-to books for hobbyists. Advertisements, stories, and illustrations in popular publications depicted hairwork as the height of sentimental fashion. Using a wide array of evidence drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, letters, and, above all, examples of hairwork, Love Entwined traces the widespread and long-lived popularity of the craft and its place in the American marketplace. During a period that saw a growing mechanization of production methods, hairwork stood apart not only for being made by hand but also for using a part of the body as a material. Helen Sheumaker argues that this refiguration of a loved one's hair into a commodity created a unique meeting point between sentimentality and consumerism, intensifying the close relationship between the goods one purchased and the kind of person one wished to be., Using a wide array of evidence drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, letters, and examples of hairwork, "Love Entwined" traces the widespread popularity of the craft from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century., Using a wide array of evidence drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, letters, and examples of hairwork, Love Entwined traces the widespread popularity of the craft from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.
LC Classification Number
NK6076

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